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November 30, 2021

Degrees Don’t Guarantee Outcomes, Clear Pathways Do

This University Business article by Amrit Ahluwalia emphasizes key findings from the CEW report “The College Payoff,” as well as commentary from CEW Senior Economist and Research Professor Ban Cheah, to highlight the importance of higher education institutions making job outcomes clear for students.

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November 30, 2021

Why Retired Subway Workers are Getting $35,000 to Come Back

This New York Times article by Winnie Hu quotes CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on barriers to entry for transit jobs. 

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November 29, 2021

So You Want a New Job? Here’s How to Retrain

This ABC News article by Anna Helhoski quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the importance of retraining workers seeking new careers, particularly due to increased skill requirements driven by advancements in technology.

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November 12, 2021

Would You Manage 70 Children and a 15-Ton Vehicle for $18 an Hour?

This article by Maggie Koerth in FiveThirtyEight quotes Chief CEW Economist Nicole Smith on the shifting middle class and its effects on gender.

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November 12, 2021

Free College Campaigners Pledge to Fight on After Congress Defeat

This article by Paul Basken in Times Higher Education quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the economic loss to be incurred from tuition free community college be axed from the upcoming spending bill. 

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November 8, 2021

Politics Killed National Free Community College — For Now, But Advocates Vow to “Keep Going” as Momentum Continues in States

This MarketWatch article by Jillian Berman references CEW report “The Dollar and Sense of Free College,” in addition to quoting CEW Director Anthony Carnevale, in order to illustrate the importance of carrying on the fight for tuition-free community college.

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November 8, 2021

Free College is Dead in Congress, But It’s Alive and Well in the States

This article from Chronicle of Higher Education by Eric Kelderman explains CEW report “The Dollars and Sense of Free College” to reveal the economic cost to be incurred should free college not be implemented nationwide.

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November 8, 2021

College Costs Have Increased By 169% Since 1980 — But Pay for Young Workers is up by Just 10%: Georgetown Report Says

This CNBC article by Abigail Johnson Hess articulates a key finding of the CEW report, “If Not Now, When?” in that the gap between how much young workers make and how much they must pay to go to college has only grown larger over the past several years.

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November 8, 2021

A Surprise for America’s Many Career Switchers: They Need to go Back to School

This Hechinger Report article by Jon Marcus cites CEW report “Upskilling and Downsizing in American Manufacturing” to emphasize the growing demand for postsecondary education in manufacturing jobs.

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November 8, 2021

8 Ways to Better Connect Preschool to Promising Careers for All Students

This University Business article by Matt Zalaznick references CEW report “If Not Now, When?” in addition to quoting CEW Director Anthony Carnevale in order to highlight the pressing need to bridge educational gaps as early as possible, starting in preschool.

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November 1, 2021

US Misses Billions in Gains as Free Community College Gets Ax

This article by Jarrell Dillard in Bloomberg references CEW analysis and quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale to emphasize how much the US economy will miss out on as a result of tuition free community college being removed from the upcoming spending bill.

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October 29, 2021

On College, Opportunity, and Merit

This article by M.J. Anderson in the Boston Globe quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale and analyzes CEW Report “The Merit Myth” to illustrate how institutions of higher education often foster a self-perpetuating elite, despite the fact that they are intended to be tools to upward economic mobility.

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October 29, 2021

The Week in COVID & Education Policy: When Can Schools Cancel Mask Mandates, Pediatricians Declare Mental Health Emergency & More

This article from The 74 references data from CEW report “If Not Now, When?” to map out all the pressing issues to the world of education.

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October 18, 2021

Restoring America’s Democracy Through Education

This article from Ed Surge by Stephen J Handle and Eileen L Strample uses the CEW report “The College Payoff” to compare median lifetime earnings for bachelor’s degree holders vs non bachelor’s degree holders, highlighting college education as a crucial tool in an individual’s trajectory to the middle class.

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October 18, 2021

More Education Doesn’t Always Get You More Money, Report Finds

This article from CNBC by Jessica Dickler quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale and references CEW report “The College Payoff” to emphasize that while more education does not always mean more money, the safest strategy is to stay in school.

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October 18, 2021

More Education, More Earnings, But…

This article from Community College Daily by Matthew Dembicki unpacks CEW report “The College Payoff” to reveal that while more education generally means more earnings, other important factors such as field of study and occupation come into play.

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October 18, 2021

When Graduating Isn’t Enough: New KIPP Scholarship Will Help First-Gen College Grads at Risk of Being “Underemployed”

This article from The 74 by Richard Whitemire cites the CEW report “The Unequal Race to Good Jobs” to highlight how Black and Latino students are not as likely to obtain good jobs as equally educated White workers.

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October 18, 2021

Declining Enrollments in Community Colleges: America’s Economic Divide

Check out this article from International Higher Education written by the CEW Director Anthony Carnevale, examining educational disparities that have only been heightened by the coronavirus pandemic.

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October 18, 2021

Do College Degrees Offer Best Financial Outcomes for All Students?

This article from University Business by Chris Burt references the CEW report “The College Payoff” to emphasize that beyond level of education, race, gender, and field of studies can have significant power in determining future wealth.

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October 18, 2021

A College Degree is Now “a Matter of Life and Death,” Says This Noble Prize Winner

This article from MarketWatch by Howard Gold notes how drug overdoses and death rates are lower for bachelor’s degree holders as opposed to those without a college degree.

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October 18, 2021

Median Lifetime Earnings Rise With Each Level of Education, Report Finds

This Higher Ed Dive article by Natalie Schwartz references the CEW Report “The College Payoff” to highlight how workers with bachelor’s degrees have significantly higher median lifetime earnings than workers with just a high school diploma.

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October 18, 2021

You Don’t Need a Bachelor’s Degree to Land a High Paying Job

This NPR article by Elissa Nadworny quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale about how going to college isn’t always the best advice for every high school student.

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October 18, 2021

California’s New Reading Goal is Achievable, but it Needs to be More Meaningful

This article from Ed Source by David Wakelyn uses the CEW Report “Recovery” to emphasize just how important a college education is to obtaining a job in California’s economy.

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October 18, 2021

More Education Doesn’t Always Mean More Earnings

This article from Inside Higher Ed by Sara Weissman examines the key finding from the CEW Report “The College Payoff,” being that bachelor’s degree holders tend to earn more than workers without one.

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October 4, 2021

A Guide to Different Types of College Degrees

This Yahoo News article by Josh Moody references the Georgetown CEW report “The College Payoff” to compare median lifetime earnings across education levels.

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October 4, 2021

AAC&U, SHEEO Help Create Coalition to Address Civic Engagement

This article by Chris Burt from University Business announces CEW Director Anthony Carnevale as a signatory of the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition, a group aimed at promoting dialogue among postsecondary students to help solve issues critical to the nation’s success.

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October 4, 2021

US Education: Joe Biden Seeks to Provide Universal Pre-k, Community College for All Americans

This article from International Business Times by Ben Scheffer quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on President Biden’s plans to implement tuition free community college and universal Pre-K.

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October 4, 2021

Why Working While in College Can Be a Bad Investment for Students

This article by Ruth Bauer White from the Hechinger Report cites the Georgetown CEW report “Balancing Work and Learning” to emphasize the hardships some students face in working a job while trying to earn their degree.

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September 27, 2021

4 Colleges Team up to Launch Equity “Moon Shot” in Cincinnati and no. Kentucky

This University Business article by Matt Zalaznick cites CEW report “Dividend Recovery” to emphasize just how important a college degree has become in obtaining a job in the modern era.

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September 27, 2021

The Master’s Degrees That Give the Biggest Salary Boost — Up to 87% More Money

This CNBC article by Abigail Johnson Hess outlines the graduate degrees that provide the highest increases in earnings, while quoting CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on equity issues in obtaining such advanced degrees.

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September 20, 2021

“The Pay Is Absolute Crap”: Child-Care Workers Are Quitting Rapidly, a Red Flag for the Economy

This Washington Post article by Heather Long references the CEW report “The Economic Value of College Majors” to highlight that early childhood education majors are among the lowest earners.

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September 17, 2021

Judging a Degree by the Program, Not the College

Susan H. Greenberg writes for Inside Higher Ed about policies that would reduce student loan debt, quoting CEW Associate Director of Editorial and Postsecondary Policy Martin Van Der Werf.

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September 17, 2021

Report: Test-Optional Trends in Pandemic Year for College Admissions

This article from Diverse Issues in Higher Education by Rebecca Kelliher quotes CEW Associate Director of Editorial and Postsecondary Policy Martin Van Der Werf on the impact of eliminating standardized test requirements for college admissions.

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September 13, 2021

Not All Americans Think College is Worth it

This Inside Higher Ed article by Emma Whitford quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the importance of a college education and why some Americans are still skeptical about its value.

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September 13, 2021

Skilled Workers Are Scarce, Posing a Problem for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

This New York Times article by Madeleine Ngo quotes CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on how to ensure the US workforce is trained for potential infrastructure job openings.

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September 13, 2021

Raising the Bar Beyond Completion

Andrew Hanson quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the fallacies of measuring educational success solely based on college completion.

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August 30, 2021

Changing the Narrative Around Teaching and Learning

This article from Diverse Issues in Higher Education by Karen Stout quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the barriers that prevent students from accessing higher education. 

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August 30, 2021

We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity

This Bloomberg article by Michael Collins references a CEW report to illuminate racial inequities still prevalent in higher education despite increasing access to college.

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August 30, 2021

Earn a Living and College Credit at the Same Time

This Inside Higher Ed article by Susan H. Greenberg quotes CEW Senior Policy Strategist Artem Gulish on bolstering apprenticeship opportunities for college students.

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August 30, 2021

What Will it Take to Get High School Students Back on Track?

This article in Education Week by Robert Balfanz cites the CEW report “Three Educational Pathways to Good Jobs” to stress the importance of a high school education in obtaining a good job.

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August 13, 2021

Lumina Announces More Than $5 Million in Grant Competitions to Advance Its 60% Attainment Goal

This Forbes article by Michael T. Nietzel outlines the Lumina Foundation’s efforts to extend offerings of college grants, mentioning CEW studies that reveal the importance of a college education in fostering a well-educated and diverse workforce.

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August 12, 2021

Racial Gaps in College Degrees Are Widening, Just When States Need Them to Narrow

In this Hechinger Report article, Jon Marcus examines the implications of disparities in higher education using data from the CEW report “The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education.”

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August 9, 2021

25 East Coast Private Colleges Whose Grads Earn the Least Money

This Newsweek article by Tom Fish ranks private East Coast colleges by the lowest expected salaries for graduates. Fish cites the CEW report "A First Try at ROI."

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August 4, 2021

Recession, Recovery, and Robotics: Can CTE and Reno’s Reinvented Schools Avert a COVID Classroom Crisis?

This article from The 74 by Beth Hawkins offers CEW Director Anthony Carnevale’s insight on the key to creating successful CTE programs.

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August 3, 2021

What Kind of Jobs Could the Infrastructure Bill Lead To?

This Marketplace article by Nancy Marshall-Genzer references the CEW report “15 Million Infrastructure Jobs” and quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale about the jobs that would be created by the infrastructure bill.

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August 2, 2021

We Must Fund Our Workforce Development

This article from The Hill by Kelsey Berkowitz and Joanna Mikulski cites the CEW report “Infrastructure” to highlight the need to create accessible and affordable pathways to new jobs through the infrastructure bill.

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July 30, 2021

Pay Our Interns Calls on Department of Labor to End Unpaid Internships and Form Internship Task Force

This Yahoo Finance article quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on how unpaid internships often serve as a barriers to higher earnings and quality work training, particularly for people of color and the working class.

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July 28, 2021

The Best Four Years of Your Life?

This Vox article by Rainesford Stauffer references a CEW report about low-income working learners to break down the myth of a traditional college student.

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July 26, 2021

Millions of Student Loan Borrowers Don’t Have a Diploma to Show for Their Debt

This CNBC article by Abigail Johnson Hess quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on the student debt dilemma, and how those in debt with no degree ought to be among the first to receive student loan forgiveness.

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July 23, 2021

New Study Finds No Asian American Discrimination in Admissions at Elite Colleges

This article from The 74 by Cheryn Hong examines the CEW report “Selective Bias,” along with insight from CEW Director Anthony Carnevale, to interpret the implications of the report’s key findings.

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