For a growing number of students, going off to class doesn't mean sitting down at a desk in a schoolroom or lecture theatre. It takes place in the virtual world of Second Life, where school's in at an hour that suits you - and you can fly to class.

Mount Rainier National Park Education Program staff will hold a workshop this summer to review the curriculum for the new Mount Rainier-Mount Fuji Sister Mountain Curriculum Project.

The battle cry for more workforce skill upgrades and professional development has been loud and steady for years, but developing a system that works for the working population is a challenge.

YPSILANTI -- Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay $350,000 in fines to the U.S. Department of Education, largely over the school's cover-up of the rape and killing of a student in her dorm room.

CISV Jacksonville, a volunteer-based nonprofit promoting peace education and global friendship, has selected 49 student delegates for its 2008 programs.