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A report about physics suggests that women are leaving the field early, between high school and college.

Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard's embattled president, apologized to faculty members Tuesday not only for his comments about women and science...

Support fell by more than 10 percent in 2003, to $14.3 billion, but education remained the top category for grants.

We asked university presses to tell us about authors under 40 publishing significant works. Our debut is a 24 year old who studied Oprah.

A state university system's bid to help undergraduates finish in four years is expected to lead to a boom in "hybrid" distance education.

Faculty panel rejects phasing out the teaching of ancient Greek -- and sees "incalculable" damage from the way cuts were proposed.

Southern Methodist University holds a special, and ignominious, place in National Collegiate Athletic Association history, as the group's most-punished sports...