Sometimes, a Two-Year Degree Beats a Four-Year University
Most students attending universities in America will spend at least four years working toward their degree. In a society where employers regard higher education as necessary for job acquisition, it...
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 ArticleDual-Enrollment Programs Can Cut Costs and Accelerate Degrees
For many students, the last year of high school can seem inconsequential and tedious. Indeed, a report from the University of Chicago indicates that most high-school seniors in the Chicago Public...
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 ArticlePrice Controls Reward the Status Quo
Matt Reed of Inside Higher Ed has an uncommonly good argument against a Congressional proposal for price controls on tuition: A name-brand college that charges $50,000 per year raises its sticker...
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 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....
View ArticlePolicies to Puncture the Student Loan Bubble
Richard Vedder participates in a panel discussion, moderated by the American Enterprise Institute’s Alex Pollock. Together with Andrew Kelly of AEI, Matt Chingos of Brookings Institute, and Jason...
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