Richard K. Vedder
The evidence is undisputable that American higher education is in trouble. Enrollments are down. Costs of educating students are much…
When one thinks of states that are blazing the way with innovative public policy solutions, conservatives and libertarians think of…
The collegiate brouhaha over the landmark Supreme Court decision striking down race-based affirmative action in college admissions has revealed the…
The University of Pennsylvania proudly says that it was founded by Benjamin Franklin, who also chaired its governing board in…
My apologies to Oscar Hammerstein, whose song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from his great 1945 musical Carousel with Richard Rodgers…
For over a half-century, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) annually has provided data on the salaries of professors….
Societies advance through the creation, expression, and evaluation of alternative ideas. Therefore, for almost a millennium, we have had universities…
By almost any indicator, American higher education is in trouble. Enrollments have fallen continuously since 2011, the longest period of…
Unarguably, the war in Ukraine is the result of the machinations of Vladimir Putin, who has been the clear leader…
