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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 […]

Utah Public Radio interviewed Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, for a piece headlined “UnDisciplined: The Atmospheric Scientist And The Environmental Economist.” This week on UnDisciplined, we’re talking about climate, but at two very different scales. First, we’ll talk to Jana Houser, a researcher who has […]

The Pittsburgh Magazine profiled Ohio University alum Jennifer Novotny Mulrooney in its Women & Business feature, “Jennifer Novotny Mulrooney is Senior Counsel, Business Transactions at FedEx Ground and Member and Secretary of the Governing Board of Directors at Pressley Ridge.” Mulrooney earned two OHIO degrees, a B.A. in Political Science-Pre-Law and […]

Dr. Mark Nevin, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University-Lancaster, wrote an op-ed in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette headlined “To make college affordable increase state funding.” The inauguration of Mike DeWine as Ohio Governor offers the opportunity for the state to chart a new course in the area of higher education. […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Layne A. Longfellow ’59 “educator, writer, humorist, musician, composer and world traveler, died peacefully after a lengthy illness at his home in Prescott, Arizona, on Jan. 12, 2019,” according to his obituary. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences […]

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 […]