EDUCATION

All three campuses of MassBay Community College in Middlesex County, Mass. have been closed and evacuated after a bomb threat.

Some California institutions are helping people learn English as a second language by teaching hip-hop and slang terms.

Heinrich Mueller, the highest-ranking Nazi official never to have been captured or confirmed dead, is reportedly buried at the site of a former Jewish cemetery.

Studies are reporting that Chinese students are dropping out of U.S. schools and heading home to find work.

A teacher in Ohio was placed on paid leave after going on a racially charged Facebook rant.

Though other aspects of Chinese life seem to be breaking from tradition, society still pushes girls into stereotypical career choices.

One Chinese university asked students who applied for tuition grants to present their case in front of their class.

The scheme had been reportedly going on for about 20 years. Prosecutors allege that there had been more than 20 kidnappings during that time.

Joseph Atwill, an American self-described Bible scholar, says Jesus Christ was a story fabricated by the Roman Empire.

A kindergarten in Shanghai has begun "gender education" in hopes of teaching boys to be masculine and girls to be feminine.

Cristy Nicole Deweese, once Playboy's "Coed of the Month," is now a high school Spanish teacher in Dallas.

An unidentified person known only as the “poopetrator” has been defecating on students’ clothing at Yale University’s Saybrook College.

Jordan Bennett, an eight-year-old boy in Central Florida, was suspended from school after using his thumb and index fingers to simulate a gun while playing with friends.

Lulu, a 6-year-old transgender girl born as a boy named Manuel, legally changed her identity under Argentina’s Gender Identity Law.

An Alberta college is teaching students how to make, market and sell their own beer -- and yes, they get to drink in class.

The entire Cornell men’s lacrosse team was temporarily suspended amid hazing allegations.

A 2-year-old boy weighed 33 kg (70 pounds) before going in for bariatric surgery in Saudi Arabia.

In celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, here are some common pirate myths you probably think are true.

U.S. Census Bureau data shows how much undergraduate degree holders will earn in a lifetime, based on their occupation and major.

The fact that wealthy Chinese send their children to expensive U.K. secondary schools isn't something they want advertised.

To give you a little extra courage on your Friday the 13th, here is the history of 13 of the most popular superstitions.

Anthropologists at the University of Zurich believe orangutans plan their travels up to one day in advance and announce this information to others.

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey uncovered microbes that date back nearly 100,000 years, plus previously unknown organisms.

But De Blasio isn't fully in the clear from having to participate in a runoff election.

University rankings are showing that free and low-cost education in Europe is as good as what America has.

Students at Yale University are voicing concern after they returned for the new school year to find the university's squirrels missing.

A speech on education given by President Obama in 2009 has stirred up some controversy among Chinese academics.

It's still an area dominated by America, but some Chinese universities are making inroads among the global elite.

10 famous quotes in support of the age-old art of procrastination.