Richard Vedder
Recent Stories By Richard Vedder:
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The College Failure That Costs Taxpayers $12B a Year February 24, 2014
Critics of American higher education usually focus on the deficiencies of college graduates: For example, their critical thinking isn't much better than that of college freshmen, or they increasingly...
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The Big New Bloat in University Research December 2, 2013
Like compulsive Las Vegas gamblers, many university presidents like to make big bets hoping for large payoffs. And like most gamblers, they usually lose. But they have a big advantage over those...
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The Shocking Goodbye Gifts to College Presidents November 20, 2013
Brandeis University gave a surprising good-bye present to former president Jehuda Reinharz: a post-retirement compensation package of $600,000 a year for little apparent work. Indeed, Reinharz is...
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Here’s Why Colleges Are Flunking Cost ControlOctober 28, 2013
The College Board has released its annual report Trends in College Prices, and never has a seemingly boring document full of tables and graphs revealed more about American higher education. Five...
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The Alarming Truth About Education MajorsJuly 8, 2013
At many large universities with an undergraduate college of education, the education school is regarded by students and faculty alike as the weak link, sometimes something of an embarrassment. None...
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The New University Core Curriculum: Job TrainingOctober 15, 2012
Why do students go to college? A new poll has a one-word answer: money. That’s one of the findings in a broad Gallup survey of college admissions officers done for Inside Higher Ed. The admissions...
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12 Reasons College Costs Keep RisingJune 18, 2012
University presidents and economists like David Feldman and Robert Archibald often cite the Baumol Effect (named after a Princeton economist) as a key reason college costs keep rising. They argue...