Higher Education

It’s part of an an increasing trend of universities partnering with companies to turn research into new patents and products.

In 2012, after a distinguished career in higher education, Ruth J. Simmons retired and moved back to her home state. But after several years, Prairie View A&M came calling.

A shortage of physics teachers limits physics-taking, which limits the number of physics teachers

LaVerne Harmon’s elevation to the highest post at the nearly 50-year-old New Castle-based school was formalized Thursday during an inauguration ceremony at the Chase Center.

Philadelphia Council President Darrell Clarke says he won’t consider supporting the proposed stadium until the university wins over the community.

Hundreds of North Philadelphia residents, students and university staff gathered in Mitten Hall to hear Temple President Richard Englert discuss plans for the stadium.

We are nearing that tipping point where women no longer feel isolated or lonely. We want to make it “normal” for women to choose engineering.

Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., says it has made an incredible and, experts believe, real find: a lock of George Washington's hair inside a "long-forgotten book."

Dustin Gordon bucked the trend. Though neither of his parents finished college, they insisted that he go.

Villanova students participating in “Red Thumbs Mars Garden Project” have been nurturing plants that might someday thrive in greenhouses 34 million miles from Earth.

The University of Delaware has announced plans to increase tuition for undergraduate students at its nursing, engineering and business schools.

The trainer, Tim Bream, will leave his job by the end of the month. He did not respond to an email seeking comment.

The university said it has been a century since it took away an honorary degree, but "credible" allegations against the men warranted the action.

Philly's American Philosophical Society takes on Cambridge's American Society of Arts and Sciences. It's Ben Franklin vs. John Adams all over again.

Temple University announced today that it is taking the next step forward on a controversial 35,000 seat stadium in the heart of North Philadelphia.