In this CNBC article, Kathleen Elkins compares the growth in pay for men and women over time. Elkins cites the CEW report "Women Can't Win" to offer ways that women can close the gender pay gap.
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In this CNBC article, Abigail Hess writes about the impact of the gender wage gap on men and women with MBAs. Berman cites CEW Director Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale and CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith to enumerate the factors that lead to a difference in pay by gender.
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In this MarketWatch article, Jillian Berman writes about how private companies are filling in the gaps where universities fall short on career preparation. Berman quotes CEW Director Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale explaining changing demands on higher education.
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In this MarketWatch article, Howard Gold writes about the importance of a college degree in relation to the college-admissions bribery scandal. Gold uses information from the CEW report "The College Payoff" to discuss the effect of a college degree on earnings.
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In this Inside Higher Ed op-ed, CEW Director Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale writes about how President Trump's recent executive order's focus on program-level outcomes has the potential to fundamentally disrupt higher education.
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In this Education Dive article, Hallie Busta writes about how proposals to improve the Federal Work-Study program don't go far enough. Busta provides data from the CEW report "Learning While Earning: The New Normal" to describe the number of undergraduates and graduate students who work.
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In this CNN article, Ronald Brownstein writes about how the college admissions cheating scandal reveals deeper inequities in the higher education system. Brownstein uses information from the CEW report "Our Separate & Unequal Public Colleges."
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In this Diverse Issues in Higher Education article, LaMont Jones writes about the White House’s priorities for the Higher Education Act as Congress works toward reauthorization. Jones quotes CEW Director Dr. Anthony P. Carnevale on the changes some proposals would bring in transparency and accountability at the program level in higher education.
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In an op-ed published in The Washington Post, CEW Director Anthony P. Carnevale explores how higher education is not a meritocracy, but a system that favors already privileged students. "As is true with most aspects of American society," he writes, "it is better to be rich than smart."
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Katherine Mangan writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education that even the meaning of “free” is hard to pin down when it comes to presidential candidates’ college-affordability proposals. Mangan uses data from the CEW report “Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020” to explain how changing education and training requirements have motivated these proposals.
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