The U.S. Department of Education is launching a mobile application that will allow prospective college students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, from their...

Around 90 Massachusetts economists, including two Boston University economics professors, pledged their support for a $15 minimum wage in an open letter to Massachusetts lawmakers last week. The...

U.S. colleges could lose up to $700 million in revenue per year if President Donald Trump's executive order, which prevents citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the United States...

Women in Massachusetts earn 99 cents for every dollar men earn in similar jobs — which is 1 percent higher than the national average — making Massachusetts the state with the fifth-smallest gender...

Massachusetts saw the unemployment rate drop from 4.8 percent last year to 3.9 percent this August — the lowest it has been in 15 years and lower than the 4.9 percent national average, the Massachusetts...

Sixty-seven percent of employers plan to hire recent college graduates this year, according to a Thursday CareerBuilder survey. The hiring outlook experienced a 2 percent increase from last year,...

Whether it's by delivering a customer’s takeout, transporting them to that party across town, cleaning their house or even tutoring their children, Internet-based platforms have helped businesses...

The unemployment rate for recent U.S. college graduates between 22 and 27 years old has fallen from 5.3 percent in September 2014 to 4.9 percent in September 2015, according to a Friday report by...

Massachusetts is ranked 14th in the country for the average amount of student debt per borrower, a Thursday report suggests. The national student debt average for graduates who received a bachelor’s...

As members of the Millennial Generation make their way through college and into the workforce in large numbers, a Tuesday study revealed millennials’ perspective toward work and tackled some of the...