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“Stay-at-home moms” are on the rise, with 29% of mothers not working outside of the home in 2012,  a level last seen in the middle of the 1980s. The number …

Everyone you love will die someday. It’s an inevitable truth, but one you probably don’t dwell on often. But what if you knew how many times you would see your …

The survey, by Robert Morris University Polling Institute, found that those with a college degree were more likely to say they have both a higher quality of life and a higher financial standard of living.

Among those surveyed, 75.5% of the college educated reported having a good or very good standard of living, while 63.6% of the non-college educated said the same.

Part of the recent White House summit on making higher education more fundable was driven by the theory of “undermatching” – the idea that high-achieving low-income students should strive to gain entry into elite academic institutions rather than local community or public schools.

Housing starts in the United States increased by 9.8% in December, a number that meant an annual pace of 999,000 new homes started across the country, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

That number is higher than the 975,000 predicted by economists, and even higher than the numbers from the warm summer months.

Amazon will slowly phase in its plan to deliver products by using a drone, a technology most Americans still associate with use in covert military missions rather than dropping holiday gifts on the front porch.

The revelation of the drone delivery system, unveiled on a segment of “60 Minutes,” has generated a lot of talk both in the public and in the business community. That buzz, according to a column from Forbes, was part of the marketing plan all along.

A better economy – and the appearance of 2014 models on dealership lots – have led to the lowest used car prices in four years.

Drivers who went through the recession and kept their old cars running have now reached a point where they need to purchase new vehicles, according to an article on USA Today. The newspaper reported that lower unemployment rates, an overall better economy, low loan rates and the willingness of banks to lend have also made this an attractive used car buying season.

Both online and traditional retailers are gearing up for what is going to be a very important, shortened holiday shopping season.

With the country still moving slowly out of a recession, retailers are looking to make the most of the Christmas shopping season, which traditionally starts the day after Thanksgiving and runs through the day before Christmas.

The College Board recently released a report defending its findings that a higher education leads to more pay for American workers.

As a supplement to its 2013 Education Pays report, the College Board – a not-for-profit membership for colleges and universities across the country – addresses criticism that its reports may over-state the benefits of a college education.

The 2013 report finds that those who earn a bachelor’s degree will make 65% more in salary than those with just a high school education.

The federal government shutdown that looms ahead on Oct. 1 will not immediately affect higher education, but could eventually lead to cuts to financial aid programs and research funding.

Unless Congress can reach a compromise on a stopgap measure to keep government open, the federal government will shut down on the first day of October. This would mean that all non-essential federal government operations would shut down. According to Inside Higher Ed, however, it’s not clear how this will affect higher education programs.