Post Tagged with: "Richard Vedder"

Chicago Tribune Editorial Notes Vedder Comments on Measuring Graduation Rates

A Chicago Tribune editorial on June 8 references remarks made by Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. The editorial is on “How to enhance Obama’s plan for the feds to rate U.S. colleges: The president has the right motives and a half-right solution.” You can […]

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June 9, 2014 at 9:32 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder to Senate Budget Committee: Financial Aid Programs Need ‘Radical Revision’

Vedder to Senate Budget Committee: Financial Aid Programs Need ‘Radical Revision’

  Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, testified June 4 at a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing on the impact of Student Loan Debt on Borrowers and the Economy. Vedder is also director of  the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington-based research organization […]

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June 4, 2014 at 5:08 pmNews

WOUB: Vedder Says Raising Minimum Wage Could Impact Student Employees

WOUB quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, in a story following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union pitch for a nearly 40 percent increase to the national minimum wage. “Economist of all stripes […]

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January 30, 2014 at 4:49 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Richard Vedder & Christopher Denhart: How the College Bubble Will Pop

Dr. Richard Vedder and Ohio University alum Christopher Denhart published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Jan. 8. Vedder is Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. Denhart earned a B.S. in Economics from Ohio University’s College of […]

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Messenger: Jail Funding Analyzed by Economics Students

“The Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail has been using an ‘unfair’ payment process, according to an analysis done by Ohio University students,” Susan Tebben of the Athens Messenger wrote on Dec. 22. At a recent meeting of the Corrections Commission for Southeastern Ohio, a new plan was presented to the jail […]

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December 23, 2013 at 7:31 amIn the News Students in the News

GoLocal Quotes Vedder in Community College Finance Article

A GoLocal article on Community College of Rhode Island finances quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Dr. Richard Vedder, who is the Director of the Center for College Affordability and […]

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December 10, 2013 at 9:33 amFaculty in the News In the News

Ohio Public Radio: Vedder on Effectiveness of Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment

An Ohio Public Radio show included comments by Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Listen to the report by Karen Kasler on “Effectiveness of Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment Unclear.” “We are […]

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December 5, 2013 at 11:13 amFaculty in the News In the News