Laura Kadue won't be studying economics this semester, but that isn't stopping her from conducting a cost-benefit analysis. This academic exercise isn't taking place in the library or in her dorm room ...

With nearly two decades in journalism, Dori Zinn has covered loans and other personal finance topics for the better part of her career. She loves helping people learn about money, whether that’s ...

College students say they often struggle to afford to pay for textbooks. Two-thirds of students reported skipping buying course materials because they were too expensive. Some members of Congress have ...

This one ought to be called the OER Mothership, since you couldn't do much better than to begin your OER content search here. A program begun by the California State University system, MERLOT has ...

With all of the talk about the high cost of college textbooks and the buzz about free online alternatives, it is surprising how little is understood about how much students spend on required course ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

More than one year after California lawmakers set aside $115 million to expand free textbook programs across the state’s system of 116 community colleges, the money remains stalled in the state ...

College student Caitlin Ryen works two jobs to support herself and pay tuition at South Florida Community College. When a new semester rolls around, that usually means choosing which textbooks to buy, ...

There are plenty of ways to pay less for higher education, although you'll typically make some trade-offs in order to keep costs down. For example, you can take some of your courses at community ...