US supermarket giant Walmart has confirmed it uses image recognition cameras at checkouts to detect theft.

Final budget, pending Senate and White House input, may be slightly less generous

University of Central Arkansas library celebrated Pride month with sign featuring quote by Lady Gaga. President ordered quote removed. His explanation angered many on campus.

A pioneer statue at the University of Oregon was the object of protest by the school's Native American Student Union.

An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites has been delayed a second time.

Trying to figure out how to navigate the finances of college? A series of crowdsourced Google documents written by current students and recent graduates provides many needed answers.

Endorsement of new partnership by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin may be reaction to US cold shoulder

Congress is paying increasing attention to risk of foreign actors stealing American research. Two new bills take very different approaches to addressing the threat -- and universities much prefer one approach over the other.

A Dutch engineering university is taking radical action to increase its share of female academics by opening job vacancies to women only.ender

Swarthmore College offers a "Queering God" course, which focuses on, among other things, God's gender identity.