Richard Vedder

Ohio University

Financial Aid, Commission on the Future of Higher Education

740-593-2037

rvedder1@ohio.edu

Vedder is director of the Center of College Affordability and Productivity, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University. He is the author of Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much (AEI Press, 2004). He recently served on the Secretary of Education's National Commission on the Future of Higher Education. His higher education blog can be found at http://www.collegeaffordability.net