Richard K Vedder

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Richard Vedder, an economist, directs the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and teaches at Ohio University. He is an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Congrats on That Diploma. You May Not Need It.

College graduation season is in full bloom, and this year American institutions will confer about 1.8 million bachelor's degrees.

May 25, 2014

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Congrats on That Diploma. You May Not Need It.

College graduation season is in full bloom, and this year American institutions will confer about 1.8 million bachelor's degrees.

February 20, 2014

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Cut Off Harvard to Save America

University endowments promote inefficiency and are anti-meritocratic.

December 27, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Colleges’ Athletics Arms Race Is for Losers

October 30, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Stop Subsidizing Colleges’ 100-Year Debt Binge

August 22, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

College Costs Will Keep Rising Under Obama Plan

August 8, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Obama Needs Push to Shake Up Higher Education

July 16, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Professor Petraeus and Other Higher-Education Stunts

When I first heard that David Petraeus was going to make $200,000 for teaching a course and giving a couple of lectures at City University of New York, I was not indignant.

July 15, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

What Do 2,358 College Administrators Do?

July 7, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Colleges’ Stealth Tax on Family Savings

May 21, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Did You Graduate in Four Years? Congratulations

May 12, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid

February 13, 2013

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Obama’s Underwhelming Ideas for College Reform

December 31, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Research Prowess of U.S. Colleges Is Exaggerated

November 27, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Will State Colleges Become Federal Universities?

October 29, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

The Unholy Alliance Against Online Learning

October 22, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Five Reasons College Enrollments Might Be Dropping

October 11, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

Make Colleges Tell Us More About Graduates’ Fate

September 11, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

College Is No Place for Remedial Education

June 17, 2012

OpinionRichard K Vedder

End U.S. Student Loans, Don’t Make Them Cheaper

April 9, 2012

Why College Isn't for Everyone