The Islamic University of Gaza makes no secret of its affiliation with the political party, but students and lecturers deny Israel s assertions that it is a legitimate military target.

The 2008 Law School Survey of Student Engagement, released today, found that class-related laptop use can enhance student engagement, among other findings.

In a move that experts say other institutions may follow, Dana College, in Nebraska, has suspended its contributions to employees retirement accounts.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences releases the prototype of its long-awaited Humanities Indicators project today, offering statistics on education, employment, and research.

Abilene Christian University finds that its experiment of providing every freshman with an iPhone or iPod has unintended consequences.

Emotions sometimes ran hot during the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, as scholars debated the causes of -- and potential cures for -- the global recession.

All sectors of higher education -- and especially private colleges -- will face economic hardships in the next year and a half, says a new report from Moody s Investors Service.

With the education secretary nominated, the higher-education rumor mill has moved on to its next target: the president-elect s choices for the top postsecondary positions in the Education Department.

Thousands of high-achieving students from low-income families miss out on attending selective colleges each year because they don t apply, a professor said during a panel at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association.

The number of job advertisements colleges have posted with the American Historical Association so far this academic year is down 15 percent from last year, an official announced at the group s annual meeting.

A history professor at George Mason University asked his students to develop a fake story online to show them how to do historical research and how to tell a good source from a bad one.

A new study suggests members of a House appropriations subcommittee garnered money for public research universities in their states.

Institutions have stopped hiring and are delaying construction in an effort to keep college affordable, a survey found.

The university plans to use the two million square feet of laboratory and office space in Ann Arbor to strengthen its leadership in health and science.

More than half of the chief financial officers who responded to a survey by The Chronicle and Moody s Investors Service said their colleges annual-gift receipts declined this year, compared with last year.

A history professor at George Mason University asked his students to develop a fake story online to show them how to do historical research and how to tell a good source from a bad one.