American higher education is no longer just problematic. It's a Kafkaesque maze where almost every turn leads somewhere you don't want to be.

Despite the fears of humanities scholars, plenty of students are choosing artistic majors over STEM ones. And they're in for a rough time after they get their diplomas.

We're entering a massive transition period during which certain jobs will disappear forever. We have to start thinking about what will replace them and how.

If you're going to attend a foreign college, make sure you know what you're getting into and pick your host country wisely.

Colleges are trying to figure out who'll actually succeed in a computer science program, and they're starting to find some interesting insights.

In computer science, a PhD offers fewer jobs for slightly more money and fewer opportunities for growth.

William Deresiewicz would like to lift up the humanities by tearing down STEM, with a little casual racism and xenophobia on top for good measure.

Colleges are being confronted about the mixed outcomes of their graduates and they're not taking the feedback seriously.

In light of eye-opening reports about higher ed, Americans need to start asking themselves a fundamental question: how many people really need to go to college?

A study of over 2,000 students found some very disturbing facts about the American college system.

Every tax season shows that not only are people ignorant about how their tax money is spent, they don't want to listen to the breakdowns. And that has serious implications for science and education.

Tim Minchin's skeptical beat poem finally gets the animated treatment it deserves.

The ivory tower phenomenon is real, and it's brutal on scientists and their research.

Politicians seem to be really upset with people learning things from which they might not get immediate, quantifiable benefit. And that's the worst possible attitude about education.

Fresh off a child molestation scandal, the Pope is trying to dictate Span's sex ed curriculums.