Swedish universities have moved to cancel their contract with journal publisher Elsevier as concern over slow progress towards open access spreads.

“There’s darkness and then there’s being on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where looking out from the deck all you see is inky blackness.

Excelsior College, founded to help adults complete degrees online, staggers after curtailing its biggest program over quality concerns. Administrators say "repositioning" is working, but a more competitive market awaits.

Data from millions of Facebook users who used a popular personality app, including their answers to intimate questionnaires, was left exposed online for anyone to access, a New Scientist investigation has found.

It started as a dialogue about "ingredients of concern" in cosmetics and other personal care products, orchestrated by rival retailers Target and Walmart.

An increasing number of British schools are planning to set up campuses in second-tier cities in China, as the country's middle class expands and parents attach greater importance to their children's education.

Cynthia Pettway was too sick to be able to attend her graduation in Alabama, so her school came up with another plan.

Business schools across the world have recorded double-digit growth in the number of applications to and enrolments on MBA programmes, according to a report.

North Korea has cancelled high-level talks with South Korea because of anger over military exercises, state media reports.

A few months after Macy Neshati, a heavy-duty vehicle industry vet, joined the U.S. division of Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, a senior executive of BYD’s investor Berkshire Hathaway predicted his future.