Over the past several decades, the cost of higher education has increased dramatically, more than doubling since 1985 at both public and private universities. The search for an explanation is urgent.

As students and parents prepare to settle into the new school year, there are undoubtedly many that are still suffering from sticker shock when they see the cost of attending college. There is both ...

Economics lost a giant last week when William Baumol, an economist who taught at Princeton and New York University, passed away at the age of 95. With his colleague, William Bowen, Baumol proposed the ...

Understanding the rising cost of producing higher education starts with the fact that the wealthiest, most elite colleges and universities, which set the norms in higher education, are admitted ...

As students and parents prepare to settle into the new school year, there are undoubtedly many that are still suffering from sticker shock when they see the cost of attending college. There is both ...