A CCAP study suggests nearly half of college graduates are underemployed

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A careful examination of American higher education reveals a number of flaws currently plaguing the system.

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For the second year in a row, Williams College in Massachusetts tops the Forbes/CCAP list of best undergraduate colleges in America.

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CCAP produces a study analyzing the costs and educational outcomes of students at the University of Nebraska System

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CCAP identified 25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College.

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Recent Blog Posts

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  • Michael Rosen, in a review of Andrew Ferguson's book on higher education, Crazy U, for AEI's The American, identified Richard Vedder as the "foremost national expert on college tuition."
  • Richard Vedder pointed out in an opinion-editorial for Businessweek that college is not for everyone on purely economic grounds despite the large college earnings premium on average.
  • Daniel Bennett commented upon recent research on the for-profit higher ed sector in a piece for Career College Central. Bennett discussed what the research reveals to be the strengths and weaknesses of the sector as a whole.

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On December 11, 2011 Richard Vedder participated in a panel discussion on whether for-profit higher education are engaged in education or merely exploitation. The forum was hosted by the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.