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.

Obama’s Ethics Lesson: Don’t Pay Your College Loan

By Edward Morrissey

For the last several days, Barack Obama has been trying to mitigate the damage done to his campaign from his claim in Roanoke, Virginia that small business owners didn’t deserve credit for their own...
CFPB Pushes Bankruptcy Protection for Student Loans

By Eric Pianin

With overall college debt now surpassing $1 trillion, advocates for college students and their families saddled with large private loans are pushing to liberalize the bankruptcy law to enable them to...
Colleges Pay Students to Graduate Faster

By Steve Yoder, The Fiscal Times

As states look for ways to control rising tuition and student debt, they’re using the power of the purse to accelerate students’ graduation time.
Families Earning $100K Struggle to Afford College

By BETH PINSKER GLADSTONE, Reuters

Even wealthy families are scrambling to cover rising college costs by borrowing more and spending less, according to new research.
A New Way to Reduce the High Cost of Youth Violence

By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

While violent crime among the young has dropped to an historic low through the Great Recession, the problem continues to plague many inner city neighborhoods, especially in the largest cities.

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