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New research from economist Phillip Levine, a college cost transparency advocate, shows the net price of four-year tuition continues to drop or remain steady for all but the highest-income students.

When one considers what students actually pay after financial aid, college prices have stabilized and fallen over the past decade, writes economist Phillip Levine in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Three-year bachelor’s degrees and early college programs almost concede that we might never have a sufficiently funded higher education system, said Phillip Levine, professor of economics.

As fertility rates plummet in much of the world, Wellesley experts explain why it’s happening and what might be done to address it, and alums tell their own stories about their winding paths to becoming parents—or not.

Though the sticker price for higher education is rising, more universities say they’ll cover the costs for some students. Economist Phillip Levine says these policies have become more common.

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.