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Adrienne Lu, the Senior Reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, cites “The College Payoff” and quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale to showcase current debates around Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan and the ROI of college degrees.

The Atlantic Senior Editor Ronald Brownstein cites “Separate and Unequal” and quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale in his article about what the student-loan debate overlooks. He writes that the plan recognizes the difficulties young Americans have in adulthood and provides them with the same benefits that Boomers have been afforded all along.

Chris Keaveney cites “ROI 2022” and “The College Payoff” in his Inside Higher Ed article about the ROI crisis in America’s higher education. His article discusses how students take out college loans for success but a significant number of them do not receive the returns.

Author Rich Cohen cites “If Not Now, When?” in his article for The Atlantic to demonstrate the implications of rising college tuitions and the disappearing American dream.

Eric Cortellessa, a staff writer for TIME, quotes CEW Director of Editorial and Education Policy Martin Van Der Werf in his article fact-checking the most prominent criticisms against President Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debts.

Forbes’ Council Member Joshua Siler cites “Born To Win, Schooled To Lose” to argue how the US meritocracy may not award everyone who has worked hard for their degrees. He makes a case for recruiters to rethink their college degree requirements. 

The Hechinger Report author Jill Barshay cites “The College Payoff” to discuss how much a college degree is worth. She introduces online tools that can serve as a guide to connect college choice, field of study, and future salaries.

Voice of America writer Dan Friedell quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale and cites “The College Payoff” to make a case that even the experts who say it is good to get a college degree recognize that there might be reasons not to go to college.

The Chronicle of Higher Education senior writer Karin Fischer quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale and cites “Good Jobs Report” to discuss the shrinking of higher education. The article discusses the downward trend of student enrollment in colleges following the pandemic.

Bloomberg’s Devin Leonard quotes CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on how jobs requiring more postsecondary education put the cost of training on individuals rather than the firms.