Post Tagged with: "Richard Vedder"

Vedder in Forbes | Academic Taliban Are Winning! Can They Be Stopped?

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “The Academic Taliban Are Winning! Can They Be Stopped?” Bruce Gilley is a respected scholar. Four distinguished universities (Cambridge, Columbia, California and Georgetown) have published books he has authored or edited. I counted […]

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October 14, 2020 at 3:09 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Coronavirus Enrollment Effects: Small But Consequential

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Coronavirus Enrollment Effects: Small But Consequential.” Early preliminary data from the respected National Student Clearinghouse Research Center show total enrollments this fall are down only 1.8 % over last year. Since after the […]

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September 29, 2020 at 2:21 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Forgiving Federal Student Loans Is A Horrible Idea

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Forgiving Federal Student Loans Is A Horrible Idea.” This is not the first time, nor probably the last, that I have given my views about forgiving federal student loans. It was a horrible […]

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September 16, 2020 at 2:43 pmFaculty in the News In the News

NBC Column Quotes Vedder on Scrutiny of Endowments

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in an NBC news column headlined As colleges confront COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter, endowments deserve scrutiny. Private schools’ nonprofit status entitles them to receive extraordinary tax exemptions and benefits, which have helped facilitate the growth of […]

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September 4, 2020 at 1:32 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Make American Colleges Grade Again!

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Make American Colleges Grade Again!” With all the disruption of academic life and finances by Covid-19 (see my last three epistles), colleges are almost certainly going to need what the late Clayton Christensen […]

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April 2, 2020 at 4:49 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | The Flight To Quality In College Admissions

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “The Flight To Quality In College Admissions.” What explains why some colleges are desperate for students, facing enrollment declines threatening institutional survival, while other schools are not facing falling enrollments nor related budget woes? Is […]

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March 10, 2020 at 8:07 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Should We Tax English Majors But Subsidize Engineers?

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Should We Tax English Majors But Subsidize Engineers?” …For example, say the average graduate of XYZ University earns $40,000 a year, but the average XYZ engineer earns $60,000 while the average sociology graduate […]

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March 6, 2020 at 1:26 pmFaculty in the News In the News