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 ...

Whether you’re sharing a bathroom and kitchen with your peers or have your own space, everyone’s dorm room experience will be different, making dorm shopping a very personal experience. As former ...

I went off to college in the 1990s with the understanding that a dorm room should be as functional as an army barrack and only slightly more luxurious than a bunk at sleepaway camp. If the linoleum ...