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The Nuances of the Free College Debate News

The Nuances of the Free College Debate

Kery Murakami writes for Inside Higher Ed about the ongoing debate over free college, citing…

CEW GeorgetownSeptember 16, 2020

10 College Majors with the Best Starting Salaries News

10 College Majors with the Best Starting Salaries

Josh Moody and Darian Somers write for US News and World Report about the 10…

CEW GeorgetownSeptember 15, 2020

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: A Framework That May Help News

Understanding the Gender Pay Gap: A Framework That May Help

In this Forbes article, Susan Madsen describes a framework for understanding the gender pay gap…

CEW GeorgetownSeptember 11, 2020

Online Certificate Programs Are Surging in Enrollment—and There Are Lots of Ways to Get Help Paying Tuition News

Online Certificate Programs Are Surging in Enrollment—and There Are Lots of Ways to Get Help Paying Tuition

In this Money article, Heidi Rivera writes about the growing popularity of online certificate programs…

CEW GeorgetownSeptember 9, 2020

Using Tech to Boost the Value of Higher Education During COVID-19 News

Using Tech to Boost the Value of Higher Education During COVID-19

Belle Liang and Tim Klein write for EdTech about how technology can be used to…

CEW GeorgetownSeptember 9, 2020

Why STEM Needs to Focus on Social Justice News

Why STEM Needs to Focus on Social Justice

In this Washington Monthly article, Daniel Block writes about how STEM academic departments can attract…

Nuo TianAugust 30, 2020

Born to the Internet, Grew Up Fast in a Pandemic News

Born to the Internet, Grew Up Fast in a Pandemic

Allyson Waller writes for the New York Times about the ways college students are making…

Nuo TianAugust 24, 2020

The 24 Colleges With the Best Return on Investment News

The 24 Colleges With the Best Return on Investment

In this Business Insider article, Madison Hoff lists 24 colleges that give students the best…

Nuo TianAugust 24, 2020

College Admissions Are About to Get Even More Unfair News

College Admissions Are About to Get Even More Unfair

Noah Smith argues in an op-ed for Bloomberg that the financial challenges that US colleges…

Communications InternAugust 20, 2020