I had personally devoted 25 years to higher education. Now it felt like the whole idea of the university might be ending.

The Community College of Rhode Island and to Building Futures, a Providence-based nonprofit apprenticeship program, will each ...

Three top U.S. universities selected former law school deans as their incoming presidents in recent months — a sign that ...

Each deal between colleges and the administration is unique, but they have common goals: altering the culture at powerful institutions and making their policies more aligned with President Trump's.

The Education Department said California schools “pressured school officials to withhold information” about students’ gender identities.

Wildfire smoke, spore-spread fungal diseases and microplastic are all on the rise, even as the US government slashes support ...

Local news has suffered a long decline since the advent of the internet shifted the ads newspapers and other outlets relied ...

U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn said Friday he has secured $50 million in federal funding for community projects across South ...

At the other end of the rankings, Hawaii was ranked as having the cleanest public drinking water, with a score of 96.97 out of 100, and 0.42 violation points, and 0.01 contaminants. Minnesota, ...

The Trump administration is at the center of major unfolding litigation, from efforts to cap overhead research funding to ...

Jennifer Mnookin forged compromises with protesters and politicians at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now, she faces her biggest test.

Drug dealers and users will learn how to distribute anti-overdose medicine and HIV prevention drugs to their customers and ...