Learning Economics
  • Barnes & Noble Goes Back to School for Profits

    By Phil Wahba, Reuters

    Barnes & Noble Inc. is turning to its college roots to boost its top line. The U.S. bookseller, which opened in 1965 as a university bookstore in New York, wants a much bigger presence on college...

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    How College Sex Became Obama’s War on Men

    President Obama is like the kid in the back of the classroom waving his arms to get attention. Frustrated by drooping polls and sniping from both left and right, the president keeps throwing out...

  • How Student Health Fees Are Wasted by Colleges

    By Jenna Ashley Robinson, Minding the Campus

    Across the country, student health centers are showing signs of financial bloat and costly mission creep. Funded by both hefty campus health fees and payments from students' insurers, university...

  • Texas Stars in Higher Ed Cost Transparency

    By Thomas K. Lindsay, Minding the Campus

    For years, Washington has failed to make universities accountable to the students and taxpayers funding them. This failure was epitomized by the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, which forbade...

  • As more small local institutions join the student loan game, college kids will have even more options for private loans.

    10 Best Cities for Today’s College Graduates

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Attention, Class of 2014: It’s almost time to start ditching dorm life for the real world. Though some soon-to-be degree holders may already have good jobs lined up, many more will be searching for...