FAQs

CEW conducts research in three core areas—jobs, skills, and equity—with the goal of better aligning education and training with workforce and labor-market demand. See more in About CEW.

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CEW is a research and policy institute within Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

CEW is funded by generous support from its partner foundations: the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, JPMorganChase, Arnold Ventures, and Ascendium Education Group.

CEW uses data from federal and state statistical agencies, as well as from private data organizations that provide employment projections, population estimates, and other economic indicators. Our projections of jobs and educational requirements include data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, IHS Markit, and Lightcast. CEW also utilizes data available from the National Center for Education Statistics, the College Scorecard, the Employment and Training Administration’s O*NET (Occupational Network), and the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, among other sources.

CEW works with IHS Markit and Lightcast to adjust projections data generated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

CEW released After Everything: Projections of Jobs, Education, and Training Requirements through 2031 in November 2023. We are in the planning stages for the next iteration of our projections report. We will update this FAQ with an expected publication date when we have one.

CEW’s research is available to the public. It has been used by the current administration, academics, journalists, higher education and labor policymakers, foundations, and other stakeholders in the education, training and workforce arena.

CEW was founded in 2008 by leading labor economist Anthony P. Carnevale. Dr. Carnevale retired in June 2024, and CEW Co-Founder Jeff Strohl became the director. The center staff includes senior economists, federal policy analysts, writers and editors, and communications professionals. Detailed bios can be found on our staff page.

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