Post Tagged with: "Richard Vedder"

Café Conversation | America’s Leaders: You’re Harming Our Future, Sept. 30

Dr. Richard Vedder

Café Conversation  presents Dr. Richard Vedder on “America’s Leaders: You’re Harming Our Future,” at 5 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 30, in the Baker Center Front Room. Vedder is director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. Young Americans have accrued a […]

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September 30, 2015 at 4:45 pmEvents

Vedder Quoted On College Affordability in Washington Times

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted by Stephen Moore in The Washington Times article on “Why Hillary’s college tuition plan won’t work.” In the days ahead millions of kids will pack their bags and […]

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August 21, 2015 at 12:01 pmFaculty in the News In the News

San Francisco Columnist Quotes Vedder on Corinthian Colleges Debt Forgiveness

Dr. Richard Vedder

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article on “Forgive and forget college debt.” The article discusses an Obama administration decision to forgive as much as $3.5 […]

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June 17, 2015 at 9:09 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder Quoted on Maine Workplace Freedom Bill

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in a Heartland Institute article on “Maine Lawmaker Proposes Workplace Freedom Bill.” A Maine lawmaker is sponsoring a bill to prohibit requiring union membership as a condition of employment […]

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June 10, 2015 at 10:37 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder Quoted on ‘Upcredentialing’ Trend

In an article on “Upcredentialing”: Jobs Report Shows Limited Career Options for Workers Without a Bachelor’s Degree, author Terri Williams quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. “Upcredentialing” may not be a familiar term among the […]

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May 26, 2015 at 10:48 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes: Fleeing Leviathan

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, penned an article on “Fleeing Leviathan” on March 30 at Forbes: My good friend Wendell Cox has sent me his analysis of recent Census Bureau data on population movements in […]

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April 2, 2015 at 7:16 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes: Human Capital Contracts for Students?

Dr. Richard Vedder

“By any objective measure, our system of federal student financial assistance for college students has been an unmitigated disaster, Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, who posits a “income share” or “human capital contract” concept in […]

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March 15, 2015 at 7:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News