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Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored an article at Forbes headlined “Victory For Academic Freedom In Wisconsin.” The American academy was strengthened a bit last Friday. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4 to 2 in favor of Professor John McAdams, and against Marquette University, reinstating […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored an article at Forbes headlined “Why Are Universities In The Housing Business?” Universities exist primarily to expand and disseminate knowledge, ideas, and artistic works. In most international universities, if a prospective student asked, “What does a university dormitory room cost?” the […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored an article at Forbes headlined “Learning By Earning: Why Student Investment Groups Are Better Than Internships.” There has been an increase over time in integrating the academic experience of the classroom with real-world vocational involvement, particularly with the rise […]

Inside Sources quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a May 4 story finance headlined “Economy Adds 164K New Jobs While Unemployment Dips.” The job growth rate bounced back somewhat following a lackluster month by reaching 164,000 new jobs in April, detailed a federal report Friday…. […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column headlined “Mitch Daniels Has the Right Stuff for Purdue.” His column appeared on the website for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Higher education does not produce many flashy, innovating entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, Steve […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a Forbes column headlined “The Case Against Free College Tuition.” Two highly contradictory happenings have occurred over the past year. On the one hand, published research increasingly suggests that the high returns on investments in higher education are minimally […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a Forbes column headlined “Why Colleges Need Major Creative Destruction.” Typically it takes about one-half the number of workers to produce any quantity of goods and services in the American business sector today as it did in 1980. As […]