Richard K. Vedder is Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Economics at Ohio University. He has been Senior Economist at the U.S. Joint Economic Committee and Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University. He is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much. His articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals, the Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Review, Washington Times, and Investor's Business Daily.