Almost 500 North Koreans are in South Korea for the Winter Olympics -- in a land they have been brought up to see as enemy territory; one clearly more prosperous and more free than their own.

Facebook is testing a new "downvote" button that will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them.

When the Holy Cross Board of Trustees ruled this month to keep the Crusader moniker, they aimed, in part, to move the word away from its dark and sordid history.

Attempts to roll out the collection of data on students’ “learning gain” could be hampered by academics’ fears that it will be used to judge their performance, a conference heard

Transfer rates at North Carolina's Stanly Community College increased after the college made the simple grading change of no longer awarding D's.

Tech giant Alphabet is merging its Google and Nest divisions together.

Free college tuition! There are many reactions to the prospect of providing free college tuition to those attending community and technical colleges in West Virginia: It’s wonderful news.

The pressures of academic life on family and relationships are felt most keenly by junior researchers, Times Higher Education’s first global work-life balance survey reveals.

Much ado has been made of blockchain technology's role as an ally of corporate sustainability teams and distributed energy advocates.

Universities are turning to secret shoppers, not to spy on competitors, but to keep tabs on third-party vendors that run key functions like admissions.