Learning Economics

How to Teach Your Kids About Money When Back-to-School Shopping

By Beth Braverman

In addition to picking up notebooks and calculators this year, you can give your kids something even more valuable: a lesson in personal finance. The back-to-school shopping period provides an ideal...
Here’s How Much the Class of 2016 Owes on Their Student Loans

By Beth Braverman

Students who graduated from college in 2016 with educational loans borrowed slightly less to pay for school than those who finished in 2015, new data shows.
The Most Expensive College Town in America

By Beth Braverman

Living off-campus has long been seen as a way to save money on college expenses, but it’s getting a lot harder to find a deal. Here’s the most expensive college town for off-campus rents.
Do Public Universities Really Favor the Upper Middle Class?

By Edward Morrissey

A college education has always been described as an investment in the future – for students, and more broadly, for American society. Parents and students alike have already begun questioning the...
The Hardest College to Get Into in the US

By Janna Herron

The most difficult college to get into in the country, the California Institute of Technology, accepts less than one student for every 11 applicants. Caltech doesn’t actually have the lowest...

The 10 College Majors Employers Want Most This Year

By Janna Herron

The proportion of employers planning to hire recent college graduates hit a decade-high this year. Here are the 10 majors most in demand.
The Best Colleges for Older Students

By Beth Braverman

By 2020, nearly one in five students in higher educations will be over the age of 35.
What College Students Worry About Most

By Beth Braverman

The biggest driver of stress around college admissions is no longer about whether students will get into their top school.
College Endowments Take a Big Hit

By Beth Braverman

College endowments had a tough year in 2016, losing money even as the overall stock market racked up double-digit gains.
The Big Payoff for Cinderella Schools in the March Madness Tournament

By Beth Braverman

Lesser known schools can see a big jump in applications and merchandise sales after an appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament.

When Parents Pay for College, Kids’ Grades Could Suffer

By Blaire Briody, The Fiscal Times

Having parents with financial means is generally assumed to give students a leg up in academia – but a new study finds that might not always be the case.
Moody's Gives Negative Outlook to All U.S. Universities

By Reuters

Moody's Investors Service now has a negative outlook for the entire U.S. higher education sector, citing mounting fiscal pressure on all key university revenue sources.
Will Online Higher Ed Widen the Income Gap?

By Mark Thoma

The potential for massive, open, online courses (“MOOCS”) to widen and improve educational opportunities has been widely noted, and many see broadening educational opportunities as a remedy for...
4 Tax Breaks for College Students (and Their Parents)

By Mandi Woodruff, Business Insider

With the national student debt already past the $1 trillion-dollar mark, it's time to revisit some of the most lucrative tax breaks out there for college students.
Jilting Liberal Arts Can Hurt the US, to a Degree

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Can the liberal arts survive at a time of high unemployment and rising student debt?

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