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An Economist Explains How to Make College Pay News

An Economist Explains How to Make College Pay

Rick Hess cites the CEW report “The Economic Value of College Majors” in an interview…

CEW GeorgetownJune 10, 2021

Without Change, Engineering Equality May Take 76 Years or More News

Without Change, Engineering Equality May Take 76 Years or More

Chris Burt writes for University Business about the latest CEW report, "Mission Not Accomplished."

Communications InternJune 9, 2021

Good News for Grads: Help (Really) Wanted News

Good News for Grads: Help (Really) Wanted

Sarah Matusek writes for Christian Science Monitor about the proliferation of job openings for recent…

Communications InternJune 7, 2021

Nearly Half of All College Students Are Now Considering Careers in Health or Science News

Nearly Half of All College Students Are Now Considering Careers in Health or Science

In this Quartz article, Michelle Cheng writes about college students' dramatic shift toward careers in…

Communications InternJune 4, 2021

The Two-Faced Promise of Higher Education News

The Two-Faced Promise of Higher Education

CEW's Anthony Carnevale and Jeff Strohl write for Higher Learning Advocates about inequality in the…

Communications InternJune 2, 2021

Opinion: One State’s Answer to Unemployment? Retraining Workers News

Opinion: One State’s Answer to Unemployment? Retraining Workers

Andrea Noble writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about a workforce training program in Rhode Island.…

Communications InternMay 31, 2021

The Luckiest Workers in America? Teenagers News

The Luckiest Workers in America? Teenagers

Jeanna Smialek and David McCabe write for the New York Times about how teenagers are…

Communications InternMay 30, 2021

Data Highlights the Difference in Perceived and Actual Value of a College Degree in America News

Data Highlights the Difference in Perceived and Actual Value of a College Degree in America

In this Yahoo Finance article, Aarthi Swaminathan discusses the perceived and actual income boost from…

Communications InternMay 22, 2021

Cutting Unemployment Benefits Won’t Bring Back Workers—But Will Hurt Millions of Families, New Research Finds News

Cutting Unemployment Benefits Won’t Bring Back Workers—But Will Hurt Millions of Families, New Research Finds

Martha C. White writes for NBC News about the impacts of decreasing financial support for…

Communications InternMay 21, 2021