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Should Universities Make Policy Pronouncements?
Should Universities Make Policy Pronouncements?
Richard K. Vedder | Jan. 19, 2021
Higher Education Needs to Share the Blame for National Disunity
Higher Education Needs to Share the Blame for National Disunity
Richard K. Vedder | Jan. 14, 2021
Migrants Flee States with Highly Educated People: Why?
Migrants Flee States with Highly Educated People: Why?
Richard K. Vedder | Jan. 12, 2021
The Downsides to Biden’s Plan for Free College Tuition
The Downsides to Biden’s Plan for Free College Tuition
Ronald L. Trowbridge | Jan. 11, 2021
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The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, ...
John M. Ellis
Reviewed By Arnold S. Trebach
The Breakdown of Higher Education: How It Happened, the Damage It Does, and What Can Be Done
John M. Ellis
Reviewed By Arnold S. Trebach
Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy
Reviewed By Jonathan Anomaly
Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy
Reviewed By Jonathan Anomaly
The Value and Limits of Academic Speech: Philosophical, Political, ...
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The Value and Limits of Academic Speech: Philosophical, Political, and Legal Perspective
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How to Be a Better—and Less Fragile—Antiracist
How to Be a Better—and Less Fragile—Antiracist
By Peter Minowitz
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| Sep. 1, 2020
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
A Better Path Forward: Re-Thinking Government Student Loans and Grants
By Richard K. Vedder
Research Article
| Apr. 8, 2020
Free to Hate? Safe Spaces in American Politics
Free to Hate? Safe Spaces in American Politics
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“Biden’s Education Policy” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on
WIND radio’s Dan Proft Show
Jan. 7, 2021
“California Ethnic Studies Curriculum” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on KPRL radio
Aug. 4, 2020
“Margaret Sanger’s History of Eugenics” Research Fellow Thomas Cargill appears on Freedom Works Radio
July 28, 2020
Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of
Restoring the Promise
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July 22, 2020
“UC Will No Longer Use ACT/SAT Tests in Admissions” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on KCBS radio
May 21, 2020
Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of
Restoring the Promise
appears on the Carolina Journal Radio show
Apr. 6, 2020
“Books for Skepticism about Socialism” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on WRVA radio
Mar. 6, 2020
“Socialism’s Folly” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Lars Larson radio show
Mar. 5, 2020
Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder speaks at the Manhattan Institute
June 11, 2019
“Student Loan Debt” Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder appears on the Lars Larson radio show
June 7, 2019
“Higher Education in America” Richard Vedder appears on the Lars Larson radio show
May 2, 2019
Richard Vedder, author of
Restoring the Promise
appears on the Laura Ingraham podcast
May 1, 2019
