Post Tagged with: "Richard Vedder"

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a column headlined “B.Y.O.B.” in Forbes. The heading on this blog is a bit deceptive: this is not about campus drinking. It is about B (Berkeley), Y (Yale), O […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a column headlined “Universities Are A Neutral Marketplace Of Ideas” Feb. 2 in Forbes. The riots at the University of California at Berkeley protesting the speech that the Campus […]

Inside Sources quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, in an article on “Economy Gains 178K Additional Jobs.” The U.S. economy continued its upwards climb by adding an additional 178,000 new jobs during the month of […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a Nov. 10 column in the Wall Street Journal on “The Genesis of Prosperity: What brought about the Great Enrichment? And why did it start in England? It had […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, was quoted by NPR on “Colleges Pressured To Spend More Endowment Funds On Student Aid.” As college tuition continues to rise, some lawmakers and education advocates are calling on schools […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, wrote a column for Forbes on “The Cost Of Ball Throwing Contests.” For some reason, American universities are obsessed with balls–footballs, basketballs, baseballs, volleyballs. Collectively, they literally spend billions of […]

The Athens News covered a debate between Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and Political Science alum David Wilhelm ’77. The story was headlined “It’s Clinton (Wilhelm) vs. Trump (Vedder); Designated stand-ins for presidential candidates square […]