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 ...

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 ...

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 ...