NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?

Nearly two dozen private colleges are offering an online tool that factors in need-based grants and scholarships to estimate students’ actual costs. By Ann Carrns High school seniors applying to ...

College price tags are daunting, but most families don't pay the sticker cost. Hefty discounting "goes on behind the scenes" often in the form of merit aid, The New York Times columnist Ron Lieber ...

Niche is the latest company to help families predict what they might pay. If only colleges would do more. By Ron Lieber It is the scourge of college shoppers everywhere: In so many instances, you have ...