Properties near colleges have been showing great appreciation, especially if the college is in good standing and growing academically. 

Not to get too nerdy but there's a lot of interesting academic literature on why cities form and why some cities have withstood the test of time.

Academic (students, but also graduation events)5.

To further support @Matthew Olszak's point:1) Some academics just did the first legit study on FSBO sales that I've ever seen (unfortunately, BP won't let me link to my blog post on it) and it shows that FSBOs get about 5 - 6% less for their properties than when sold by agents.

It's a great definitive source and not too academic.

(reminds me of the quote: "but that cannot be, we cannot prove it on paper" or something to that effect... supposed to show how academics often try to fit real life to a model instead of trying to make a model fit real life)A deep subject, this inflation/hyperinflation/deflation one, and never ending.

Have you read any academic material on finance or economics?

We are located between two large academic institutions with a number of graduate, accelerated, and research programs so we tend to get many of those students as opposed to the undergrad.

(CC)"Credit-eligible course" means a credit or noncredit-bearing course that is both of the following:(1)The course is offered by an institution of higher education.(2)The course is eligible for academic credit that may be applied toward the requirements for a degree at the institution of higher education.

In that sense publishing these things is academic and therapeutic.