The US government has separated at least 2,000 children from parents at the border since implementing a policy that results in such family separations, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Friday.

The Chinese government has announced plans to establish 100 “cultural heritage” centres at universities throughout the country that will run academic programmes and conduct scientific research in a bid to promote traditional Chinese culture.

As thousands of applications for student debt forgiveness poured into the U.S. Education Department, the Trump administration cut the staff working on the claims and ordered a halt to an overhaul of the system, according to the agency’s inspector general.

The University of New Hampshire has unveiled a program designed to attract Chinese students with high scores on a national exam in China.

With the number of high-profile hacks growing, some cybersecurity experts are thinking of new and creative ways to stop these attacks. One example: don't stop them at all. Set a trap.

In many ways, the public’s awareness about the importance of ocean health is where we were 15 years ago with climate change.

Fewer people are using Facebook to discover and discuss news, as messaging apps such as WhatsApp gain in popularity, a study has suggested.

A backlash in the Netherlands against teaching in English could spread to other countries, observers have predicted, after Dutch universities published a new strategy to deal with concerns over poor quality teaching and the alleged erosion of Dutch culture.

In its quest to find a sustainable business model, online course provider edX will test charging users for access to previously free content. Observers say the move was inevitable.

About half of universities and colleges have deployed virtual reality in some form on campus, but there will be more demands to develop it — and with the technology improving and prices falling, institutions will find it easier to move ahead