HigherEducation

The cost of an education has never been higher. But by taking advantage of some tax benefits, you can at least put a small dent in some of those bills. Which of that complicated menu of tax benefits applies to you? DailyFinance breaks it down.

They say good things come to those who wait. They also say he who hesitates is lost. But when it comes to half a dozen juicy tax breaks, it's the second "they" you should listen to, because he who waits until Jan. 1, 2012, to take advantage of them will be out of luck.

When students drop out of college, it's not just disappointing for them and their parents -- it's also bad news for Uncle Sam, and even for their next-door neighbors. According to a new report, a single year's worth of dropouts cost the nation $4.5 billion in lost income, and lost federal and state income taxes.

First off, to my esteemed colleague Nick, who assumes I "haven't heard of or experienced" either the dizzying heights of education costs or the depressing depths of student loan debt, I have just one little number for you: $30,000. Or at least I think it's around $30,000-ish. I stopped keeping...

When the Apple iPad hits stores later this month, big publications such as The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal won't be the only ones with slick apps for reading their papers and watching videos. Add the twice-weekly student newspaper at Abilene Christian University in West Texas to your...

If you're looking for work in higher education, Boston may be the place to go. The Boston metropolitan area ranked first in the nation and among the country's largest metro areas for having the highest industry concentration of employment in private colleges and universities, according to the...

Even if we don't like it, students and parents have grown accustomed to the fact that the cost of higher education has, for many people, exceeded what can be covered out of pocket. While federal loans help many people bridge this gap and are all but guaranteed to anyone who demonstrates needs, in...

Anya Kamenetz has written an excellent series dedicated to answering the question: "Is college worth the cost?": Read part 1 and part 2, which delves into the issue of graduate school.Kamenetz gives a great overview of the issues and parrots the oft-cited statistic that people with bachelor's...