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Chart of the Week: Academic Costs vs Overhead Costs
In their paper, “Measuring Baumol and Bowen Effects in Public Research Universities,” Robert Martin and R. Carter Hill present cost data for public research universities in the United States. They...
View ArticleTestimony at the University of North Carolina from Richard Vedder
Recently, Richard Vedder testified in front of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors at their September meeting. From his remarks: I am honored to be here today. Alas, my message is not...
View ArticleFive Constructive Ways to Change American Higher Education
Richard Vedder gave the following lecture at Dartmouth College as part of their Daniel Webster Project on October 14, 2014. My thanks to Dartmouth for inviting me to participate in the Daniel Webster...
View ArticleChanging the Higher Education System: Lowering Costs, Improving Outcomes
Richard Vedder presented the following remarks on November 15, 2013 at a Free Market Forum in San Diego sponsored by Hillsdale College on “Markets, Government, and the Common Good.” Let me present you...
View ArticleFederal College Ratings Will Harm Higher Education
On August 22, President Obama outlined his plan to make college more affordable for students and limit the financial strain that loans place on graduates. The new plan measures college performance and,...
View ArticleFinland: The Higher Education Model of the Future?
The Nordic approach to education is in vogue. Numerous articles and blog posts have touted the benefits of Norwegian schooling, and the UK has implemented Swedish methods into its classrooms. A recent...
View ArticleThe Over-Qualification Epidemic
by Christopher Denhart and Joseph Hartge Earlier this year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the 2012-2022 employment projections report, analyzing the employment landscape and its relation to...
View ArticleSenate Budget Committee on Student Financial Aid
Last Wednesday, Richard Vedder testified at a Senate budget committee hearing concerning student financial aid, debt, federal loan interest rates, and related topics. Video of the hearing is on C-SPAN,...
View ArticleNew CCAP Study on the Harmful Effects of Federal Student Aid
With Dollars, Sense, and Nonsense: The Harmful Effects of Federal Student Aid, CCAP provides an in-depth analysis of structural issues within higher education, the incentives produced by the federal...
View ArticleHumanities Doctorates: High Risk, Low Reward
To some, pursuing a degree in the humanities is a noble and laudable pursuit. Be it in English or comparative literature, the analysis of humanistic study can expand human knowledge and understanding....
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