From overpriced décor to duplicate appliances, here's how families can avoid common back-to-college spending traps and focus on true essentials. Families will spend an average of $1,325 per student on ...

Influencers are making money online by recommending dorm products and designs to families, who spend thousands of dollars on back-to-college shopping. Credit...Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times ...

Dorm life usually means squeezing into twin size beds, maximizing limited closet space, and navigating communal bathrooms. So when you're packing, it pays to be smart. Every item should work hard and ...

Two moms tell PEOPLE why they were willing to invest in expensive items like headboards and custom artwork for their daughters' new bedrooms Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Stepping into your new college dorm room on move-in day can be a mixed bag. It’s a blank slate, a ...

As if higher education wasn’t costly enough, there’s also the back-to-school shopping of it all — which is exciting, of course, but can also get pricey pretty quick when you’re outfitting a full dorm ...

For some, August signals the end of summer; for others, it marks the start of the school year and a return to college campus life. Even though our university years are behind us, we can remember all ...

It took Lara Becker six months to find two extra-long, industrial bed frames, a hallmark of university life, which she needed to complete a life-size replica of a college dorm room she assembled in ...