Economics

Caroline Hoxby, an economist at Harvard, answers the call for higher standards in education research.

Princeton is finding ways to get more students to study what they love, not what everyone else is studying.

Study suggests that Internet may have eliminated link between working at an elite university and doing the best research.

Science and engineering students appreciate their degrees even decades later.

Collision of declining support for public colleges and growth in enrollments negatively affects graduation rates, report warns.

University ends its ethics inquiry into Andrei Shleifer, who was charged with defrauding U.S. But was he punished?

College at center of Ward Churchill debate starts center on freedom and capitalism -- and faces concerns over governance.

Economics group, under fire for spiking job notices explicitly welcoming female or minority applicants, will consider change in policy.

Sociologists find that their retirement and unemployment rates are up, relative to other disciplines. Political science jobs show uptick.

Econ department thought it had perfect video to attract Ph.D. students. Current students thought otherwise -- and shared views on YouTube.