EDUCATION CHIEF BETSY DEVOS GIVES BALTIMORE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AMID PROTESTS

Some students and faculty criticized the decision to honor DeVos at the public university... READ MORE›

TAX BILL DROPS CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS ON COLLEGE LOANS, TUITION WAIVERS

If true, this is welcome for the millions of students who use these benefits every year to help them finance a college education, Hartle said... READ MORE›

TEMPLE PROFESSOR STUDYING RISING TUITION FEES DONATES $100,000 PRIZE TO STUDENT AID FUND

A Temple University professor who won a 100,000 prize for research into the rising cost of college will donate the money to a fund she established to... READ MORE›

OVERSEAS STUDENTS TURNING AWAY FROM US UNIVERSITIES

The study showed that 290,836 international students entered the US in the fall of last year, compared with 300,743 at the same time 2015... READ MORE›

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OBAMA PRAISES SOUTH KOREA FOR PAYING TEACHERS AS MUCH AS DOCTORS

Our children spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea... READ MORE›

DEMANDING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FOR A MIDDLE-SKILL JOB IS JUST PLAIN DUMB

The unemployment rate for people with bachelor's degrees was just 2.3 percent in September, the lowest in nine years... READ MORE›

ENGLAND HAS HIGHEST UNIVERSITY TUITION FEES IN INDUSTRIALISED WORLD, SURVEY FINDS

Throughout the OECD, graduates earn on average double over their lifetime than those whose highest education was secondary school, it finds... READ MORE›

LABOUR WARNED OVER TUITION FEES CUT

Shadow universities minister Liam Byrne said the student finance system is going bust under the current system... READ MORE›

CALL FOR ZIMBABWE'S GRACE MUGABE TO RETURN PHD

Award-winning Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove has called on Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, to hand back her PhD... READ MORE›

CLASHES IN CAPE TOWN AS STUDENTS DEMAND FREE TUITION

Students in the South African city of Cape Town have clashed with police during protest demanding free education across the country... READ MORE›

'WASTING TIME ON THE INTERNET' COURSE OFFERED AT ELITE US UNIVERSITY

'Wasting Time on the Internet' course to be taught at University of Pennsylvania... READ MORE›

BIRMINGHAM ANNOUNCES CUT TO UNIVERSITY FUNDING, HIGHER STUDENT FEES

Simon Birmingham unveiled the government's revamped university package in Canberra on Monday night... READ MORE›

UK S OSBORNE SAYS DANGER OF VERY BAD OUTCOME ON GREECE INCREASING BLOOMBERG

Indeed, they note, one of the most vocal arguments against such controls came from the education minister himself... READ MORE›

STILL THINK AMERICA IS THE 'LAND OF OPPORTUNITY'? LOOK AT THIS CHART.

Right after college, poor kids earn about two-thirds as much as rich kids, on average... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICA'S STUDENT PROTESTS ARE PART OF A MUCH BIGGER STRUGGLE

Universities are part of a broken system that has failed to address South Africa's enduring inequities, they say... READ MORE›

The university has a close relationship with Raytheon, which employs about 1,000 of its graduates and recently opened a research center on the Lowell campus... READ MORE›

JOKOWI WANTS FAIRER DISTRIBUTION OF LPDP SCHOLARSHIPS

The LPDP has given scholarships to a total of 16,295 students of masters and doctoral degrees, 8,406 of whom studied in universities in Indonesia while 7,889 took programs abroad... READ MORE›

FIRST NATIONS LANGUAGE PART OF NEW SIX NATIONS DEGREE

For the first time, students at the Six Nations Polytechnic Institute will be able to earn a bachelor degree in Mohawk or Cayuga... READ MORE›

STUDENT VOLUNTEERING CONTRIBUTES A?175M TO UK ECONOMY

The report comes during the NUS's Student Volunteering Week... READ MORE›

KILL NEW $50 UNIVERSITY APPLICATION FEE, OTTAWA SCHOOL BOARD URGES

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board says new university application fee unfair... READ MORE›

MEXICAN STUDENTS MARCH TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 MASSACRE

Protestors chant during a march commemorating the anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre, in Mexico City on Sunday... READ MORE›

A NOTE OF THANKS TO MR HEATON-HARRIS

Mr Heaton-Harris ought not to worry about me and my colleagues poisoning minds against Brexit... READ MORE›

OBAMA CAMPUS ASSAULT GUIDANCE GETS SCRAPPED UNDER TRUMP

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is currently investigating 360 sexual violence cases under investigation at 258 postsecondary institutions... READ MORE›

U.S. PARENTS SPEND MORE, WORRY LESS ABOUT COLLEGE

About half of all college students, or 68 percent of seniors, plan to attend graduate school... READ MORE›

SIX NATIONS POLYTECHNIC NOW OFFERS INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE DEGREE

In the below photo, Six Nations Polytechnic president Rebecca Jamieson is holding a small replica of a drum... READ MORE›

EFFORTS UNDER WAY TO FUND COLLEGE PLACE FOR ASYLUM SEEKER ANNA

Education minister to help asylum seeker student to pay for college... but just how remains unclear... READ MORE›

EUROPE'S FASTEST GROWING GROUP OF STUDENTS

In Germany, students can now also attend a university specifically for retirees in Bad Meinberg... READ MORE›

PEOPLE IN THESE JOBS ARE THE MOST DESIRABLE ON TINDER

People In These Jobs Are The Most Desirable On Tinder... READ MORE›

CRITICS SAY BERKELEY'S ACTION ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT, VIOLENCE IS INADEQUATE

In addition to these cases, the university is investigating 16 cases involving sexual harassment and nine involving sexual violence... READ MORE›

MORE AND MORE U.S. COLLEGES TAKING IN SYRIAN REFUGEE STUDENTS, PICKING UP THE TAB

BOSTON - Colleges in the U.S. are opening their doors -- and their financial aid -- to Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO TRANSFORM DCU WILL COST EUR230M

Students chasing honours maths bonus risk being out of their depth education... READ MORE›

GUNFIRE REPORTED AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN AFGHANISTAN

Gunfire was reported Wednesday at American University in Kabul, an Afghan interior ministry official told Reuters... READ MORE›

FREE SPEECH SHOULD NOT BE BIG NEWS

O A columnist at Berkeley wrote about white devils, and students at Claremont and the University of Connecticut barred white students from applying for certain housing... READ MORE›

COMMON APPLICATION CHANGING QUESTION ON CRIMINAL RECORD

The Common Application added questions about criminal records and discipline at the request of participating universities in 2006-07... READ MORE›