Media Mentions

June 5, 2011
Center Director Anthony P. Carnevale discusses the value of different undergraduate majors with Michel Martin on NPR’s daily show, Tell Me More. Click here to listen.

May 26, 2011
On May 26, the Center’s Director of Research Jeff Strohl was on Boston’s NPR program “On Point” with outgoing Amherst college president Anthony Marx to discuss why increasing access to college has not resulted in greater equality.

September 14, 2010
In “Count on the College Premium,” Stephen Rose points out that doomsday jobs forecasts are an American tradition and argues that the jobs, particularly those requiring postsecondary education, will come back.

June 15, 2010
HELP WANTED’s detailed look at jobs and education has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal blog, Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications.

April 15, 2010
In two articles from Inside Higher Ed and Education Week, Dr. Carnevale comments on a new definition of ‘career readiness’ released by the Association for Career and Technical Education.

April 8, 2010
Last fall, Director Anthony P. Carnevale received the Morris T. Keeton Award from the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL). Named for the Council’s founder, the award honors an individual who has has made significant contributions to adult education and experiential learning. Dr. Carnevale was recently interviewed for CAEL’s March Newsletter.
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March 15, 2010
Anthony Carnevale discusses the increasingly important role of community colleges in this University Business article.

February 24, 2010
Dr. Carnevale testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: A Stronger Workforce Investment System for a Stronger Economy.

November 11, 2009
This Education Week blog features highlights from Help Wanted: Postsecondary Education and Training Required, a chapter authored by Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl that illuminates the need for a degreed workforce to replace retiring baby boomers. The chapter is available on our website under Publications.
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April 17, 2009
Recent articles from Employment & Training Reporter, Inside Higher Ed, Youth Today, and the New Yorker that feature a new study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which analyzes the education and training requirements of stimulus jobs.

The Chronicle of Higher Education cites “The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education,” and “Born To Win, Schooled To Lose” in an article about the increased interference by some state governments that’s drastically impacting programs and policies in higher education.