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The Pandemic Is Pushing People to Switch Careers News

The Pandemic Is Pushing People to Switch Careers

Erica Pandey writes for Axios about how the recession is pushing workers to change their…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 27, 2020

The Future of Higher Education Will Be Determined on Election Day News

The Future of Higher Education Will Be Determined on Election Day

The Boston Globe editorial board writes about the starkly different visions that the two presidential…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 27, 2020

What’s Next for Free College If Biden Becomes President? News

What’s Next for Free College If Biden Becomes President?

Natalie Schwartz writes for Education Dive about the future of free college if Joe Biden…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 27, 2020

Stakes Are High for Democracy with Colleges under Siege News

Stakes Are High for Democracy with Colleges under Siege

CEW Director Anthony P. Carnevale writes in this Inside Higher Ed op-ed about the role…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 27, 2020

Report: Highest-Paying Construction Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree News

Report: Highest-Paying Construction Jobs That Don’t Require a College Degree

In this Construction Dive article, Zachary Phillips writes about jobs that pay well for workers…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 26, 2020

‘I had to start my future’: Workers who lost jobs because of COVID-19 find new careers in these fields News

‘I had to start my future’: Workers who lost jobs because of COVID-19 find new careers in these fields

Paul Davidson writes for USA Today about how workers who have lost their jobs amid…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 22, 2020

What Is the Return on Investment for a Liberal Arts Education? News

What Is the Return on Investment for a Liberal Arts Education?

Michael Poliakoff writes for Forbes about the CEW report, "ROI of Liberal Arts Colleges."

CEW GeorgetownOctober 22, 2020

Trump vs. Biden: Who Has a Better Chance of Restoring America’s Lost Jobs? News

Trump vs. Biden: Who Has a Better Chance of Restoring America’s Lost Jobs?

Martha C. White writes for NBC News about the American economy's prospects under two different…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 22, 2020

Presidential Candidates: What Are Their Plans for Issues That Are Important to Kids? News

Presidential Candidates: What Are Their Plans for Issues That Are Important to Kids?

Christina Barron writes for Washington Post Kids about where the presidential candidates stand on issues…

CEW GeorgetownOctober 21, 2020