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Ohio University sophomore Grant Adams is one of four young adults selected to serve as Meigs County Bicentennial Ambassadors, reports the Daily Sentinel. Mattison Finlaw, Grant Adams, Brielle Newland and Cooper Schagel will represent the county at bicentennial and other events throughout 2019. Finlaw is a pre-med student at Marietta […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in a Forbes article headlined “Lower Enrollment Hits Higher Ed Hard, HBCUs The Hardest.” “HBCUs as a group are in trouble, no doubt about it,” said Richard Vedder, professor emeritus at Ohio University. “Enrollments have fallen substantially and […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Colleges And Income Mobility: Undermatched, Overmatched And More.” A potential academic contretemps between some giants in the economics profession has emerged relating to the issue of the role that colleges play in promoting inter-generational […]

The Dayton Daily News quotes  Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Pressure mounting on Wright State faculty, administration to end strike | Expert says long-term strike could be ‘fatal’ to university.” The longer the strike goes on, the more damage it could […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Alternatives To Traditional College: Two-Year Vocational Business Schools –Become A Court Reporter.” Total college enrollments in America’s institutions of higher education are lower today than in 2012, in large part because a growing number […]

Jason Riley quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a Washington Street Journal column headlined “Think College Is Expensive? Wait Until It’s Free.” …The more college graduates, the better, right? And if the college-educated make our society more prosperous in the long run, what’s wrong with […]

Debtwire  quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Historically black colleges struggle as more students pursue ‘mainstream’ educations.” Through 1980, enrollment grew at HBCUs, but that has changed as more black students look to “traditional or mainstream” universities, said Richard Vedder, professor […]