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Economics professor Phillip Levine tells the Boston Globe that only four New England schools’ endowment performance beat the S&P 500, which grew more than 16% in 2025.

Economics professor Phillip Levine says it can be politically difficult for universities to target specific Ph.D. programs rather than make across-the-board cuts.

On “Marketplace,” economist Eric Hilt said a previous Fed chair chosen by the president that marked “sort of a dramatic shift in Fed policy” was President Nixon’s selection of Arthur Burns.

Phillip Levine, professor of economics, writes in the “Chronicle of Higher Education” about the effects of another year of Trump on college finances.

Scientists from Wellesley College, the University of Notre Dame, and The Ohio State University examined what happened when states abolished blue laws that prohibited most retail activity on Sundays.

A new report affirms that Wellesley graduates rise to the top of their fields and drive meaningful change across society.

The fellowship will help her study law at Yale, where she will focus on the societal effects of tax policies

Around the world, people are retiring later. How do you decide when it’s time? And what comes next? We talked to Wellesley experts to find out what they are thinking.

The economics professor has taught at Wellesley since 2000