# Richard Vedder

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Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America

Higher education in America is in crisis. Costs are too high, learning is too little, and the payoff to students and society is increasingly problematic. In Restoring the Promise, Richard Vedder shows how the precarious position of colleges and universities results from a mostly unsuccessful expans…

Breaking Orbit: The Future of the Four-Year Degree

Recorded live at the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President of Southern New Hampshire University; Richard Vedder, Senior Fellow & Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Independent Institute and Ohio University; John Katzman, CEO of Noodl…

This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 27 2025

I didn’t broadcast on Memorial Day.  I spent much of the day reading military histories.  I was in the Army Reserves for 8 years, but I cannot imagine the challenges and bravery of those who have fought in military battles.  I did not. But back to my role as Your College Financial Quality Control A…

Ep 433 Creative Destruction in Higher Ed – Vedder vs the Establishment

Richard Vedder gave a talk for CATO to promote his latest of MANY books about higher education. He's great if you have a chance to listen to him. I highlight and affirm some of his ideas from his talk.

E147: Let Colleges Fail! 84-Year-Old Professor Exposes the Truth

Economist Richard Vedder argues that U.S. colleges are bloated, inefficient, and increasingly out of touch with students and the job market. He explains why creative destruction is necessary—and inevitable—in higher education. 👤 Guest Bio Richard Vedder is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio Un…

‘When there’s a threat of failure, people innovate’

Richard Vedder discusses his book on creative destruction in higher education

Let Colleges Fail? with Richard Vedder

Join Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 289th episode of Objectively Speaking, where she is joined by Professor Richard Vedder to talk about his book, "Let Colleges Fail: The Power of Creative Destruction in Higher Education," which makes the case that higher education must embrace market …

Richard Vedder | 03-07-26

Steve Moore and economist Richard Vedder argue that punitive fiscal policies are driving a significant migration of wealth and population from high-tax "blue" states to low-tax alternatives. They contend that the imposition of income and wealth taxes in places like California and Washington destroy…

FF-435: Richard Vedder on the end of academia

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