More than 700 fraternity and sorority members took "paper classes" as part of an 18-year cheating scandal at the University of North Carolina.
A report released Wednesday found that UNC employees offered "irregular" classes to 3,100 students -- half of them athletes.
Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Liberty Medal for raising her voice against the denial of basic human rights and liberties.
Ranked by charitable giving, the top 17 states also voted for Mitt Romney, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
The wealth gap between classes is only increasing in the near future, a Harvard Business School study predicts.
The students bought the cookies containing the controlled drug from a senior at their school.
The U.S. Department of Education projects U.S. minorities to outnumber white students for the first time come this fall.
The award recognizes Mirzakhani’s outstanding contributions to geometry and dynamical systems.
"American Ninja Warrior" contestant Kacy Catanzaro is the first woman to qualify for the show's championship round.
Rural youth in China are dropping out of school to leave for the country's big cities in search of work, a study has found.
The Clintons managed to wipe out millions of dollars in debt within four years of their leaving the White House.
China's new map looks a lot like a map of Southeast Asia.
Student Leah Francis organized a rally to demand the university toughen its response to sexual assault.
Parents rally in support for teacher suspended for teaching about blackface.
"This incident appears to be a mass-murder situation," says Santa Barbara County sheriff.
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn speaks about the company’s crowdsourcing model, which he says helps the app reach millions of users worldwide.
National Pi Day is an official celebration of the mathematical constant π, also represented by the number 3.14.
College Board is changing the SAT back to its 1600 scale and will focus on skills students learn in high school to make it more relevant.
We all have heard of ghostwriters who help celebrities write books, but what about those who help students get into college?
Here's why immigration lawyer Sheela Murthy, famous in the Indian community here and abroad, doesn't think so.
The amount is one of the largest donations the institute has ever received from a single source.
"The Fault in Our Stars" actor Ansel Elgort commented on the release of the film's HD trailer Wednesday.
"Sex Sent Me To The ER" is a new TLC series premiering on Saturday, Dec. 28.
A People's Congress deputy is urging free abortions for Beijing college students as many now use unregulated clinics.
Did Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate President John F. Kennedy? Or was he killed as a result of a conspiracy? Here's a rundown of five conspiracy theories.
Ron Wade of Longview, Texas, spent a lot of time and money building his collection of presidential memorabilia, including a replica of the Oval Office.
Richard Overton, the man believed to be the oldest living U.S. military veteran at the age of 107, will celebrate Veterans Day at the White House.
Germans commemorated the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or Night of Broken Glass, where Nazis destroyed Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues.
Coachella Valley High School has drawn the ire of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
All three campuses of MassBay Community College in Middlesex County, Mass. have been closed and evacuated after a bomb threat.