Why are all the campus protests so ideologically one-sided? Was Claudine Gay the tip of the iceberg on plagiarism? Is scientific objectivity passé among the faculty? And will all this educational malpractice lead to financial problems that will put colleges out of business?

Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America talks about his career in higher education and how college has changed in the decades he has taught economics. Vedder talks about the possibility of forgiving student loans and about the dysfunction in the university system in the US today.

Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America is interviewed on the Bryan McClain show. Vedder discusses the state of higher education and student loan programs. He talks about the unintended consequences of the federal student loan program. Making it easy to get loans for college has made colleges charge more and more. The loan programs designed to solve the problem of the high cost of education has actually made college more expensive.

The Biden administration's plan to forgive student loans would be a terrible idea, says Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America. It would not be fair to those who have paid off their loans, or didn't go to college. Vedder also discusses the implications of inflation on the student loan issue and other areas of economics.

With enrollments shrinking, colleges may close, says Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise. He appears on WIND Radio's The Dan Proft Show to talk about colleges competing for a diminishing number of students which means some schools are in danger of closing permanently. Vedder explains how colleges are responding to this impending loss of customers.

Executive Director Dr. Graham H. Walker interviews Senior Fellow Dr. Richard K. Vedder. Dr. Vedder discusses how COVID-19 is affecting colleges and universities.

Sr. Fellow Richard Vedder, author of Restoring the Promise appears on the Carolina Journal Radio show to talk about the problems facing higher education today.

Many headline scientific findings in recent years have turned out to be false. They can’t be reproduced—and if you can’t reproduce a result, it isn’t science. The headlines are just the tip of the iceberg. A huge amount of ordinary scientific findings published in peer-reviewed journals doesn't replicate. Something has gone terribly wrong in contemporary scientific procedures.

Science’s failure is called the "Irreproducibility Crisis." It is the result of improper use of statistics, arbitrary research techniques, lack of accountability, political groupthink, and a scientific culture biased toward producing positive results. By some estimates, half of recent scientific research could be irreproducible.

In his presentation, Barry Smith discusses the irreproducibility crisis in ontological terms of misuse of data analysis or p-hacking (selective reporting of data, data fishing, data dredging) and how to restore the scientific enterprise. Dr. Smith is the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Julian Park Chair, Philosophy Department at the University at Buffalo.