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Want to Study Welding or Prepare for the Bar Exam? You Can Now Use a 529 Plan. News

Want to Study Welding or Prepare for the Bar Exam? You Can Now Use a 529 Plan.

Ann Carrns quotes CEW Director, Jeff Strohl, in a New York Times article about recent…

Maryam NoorJuly 26, 2025

Andreessen Is Wrong About DEI and the Working Class News

Andreessen Is Wrong About DEI and the Working Class

Bloomberg Opinion columnist quotes CEW’s Zack Mabel in an article exploring how anti-DEI narratives can…

Maryam NoorJuly 23, 2025

The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown News

The ‘Boy Crisis’ Is Overblown

New York Times Opinion writer Jessica Grose cites “Small Towns, Big Opportunities” in an essay…

Maryam NoorJuly 23, 2025

Ways to Stay Relevant at Work When AI Keeps Changing the Rules News

Ways to Stay Relevant at Work When AI Keeps Changing the Rules

 In an article for USA Today exploring how workers can keep their skills relevant against…

Maryam NoorJuly 14, 2025

The 36 Colleges Most At Risk From Pell Grant Cuts News

The 36 Colleges Most At Risk From Pell Grant Cuts

Forbes contributor Fiona Riley quotes CEW’s Jen Engle in an article on the negative impacts…

Maryam NoorJune 25, 2025

Too Many Well-Paid Middle-Skills Jobs, Not Enough Credentials News

Too Many Well-Paid Middle-Skills Jobs, Not Enough Credentials

Inside Higher Ed reporter Sara Weissman cites “Bridging the Middle-Skills Gap” in an article discussing…

Maryam NoorJune 24, 2025

College Degrees With Best Financial Return Revealed News

College Degrees With Best Financial Return Revealed

National correspondent Khaleda Rahman cites data from CEW’s “The College Payoff: More Education Doesn’t Always…

Maryam NoorJune 24, 2025

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting News

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Atlantic staff writer Rose Horowitch quotes CEW's Zack Mabel in an article on the impacts…

Maryam NoorJune 21, 2025

Students Can Now Earn a Credential From More Schools News

Students Can Now Earn a Credential From More Schools

In a University Business article highlighting a new program in Denver that allows high schoolers…

Maryam NoorMay 28, 2025