Media Mentions

This Inside Higher Ed article by Scott Jaschik quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale, as well as research from CEW report “The Role of Education in Taming Authoritarian Attitudes,” to explain the crucial role liberal arts education will play in helping us overcome our differences.

Watch the Commissioner for Higher Education deliver the 2022 State of Higher Education Address, where CEW Director Anthony Carnevale is quoted.

This Boston Business Journal article by Grant Welker includes key analysis from CEW Director of Editorial and Education Policy Martin Van Der Werf as to how higher education has been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This MarketWatch article by Anna Helhoski shares insight from CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith and the CEW tool “Buyer Beware” on how to choose a college major.

This Yahoo! News article by Karina Mitchell references the CEW report “The College Payoff” to highlight college degree holders’ higher earnings.

This Forbes article by Ryan Craig references CEW’s new college ROI rankings to discuss how many prospective college students are turning toward crypto currency as a fast track to higher economic status.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Suzanne Smalley cites the CEW report “The College Payoff” to explain differences in earnings across a variety of factors, including types of degree and school.

This University Business article by Chris Burt mentions CEW as one of the many organizations advocating for the Biden administration to fund evidenced-backed college completion initiatives in the 2023 budget.

This Yahoo! Money article by Ihsaan Fanusie highlights CEW’s new college ROI rankings .

This Washington Post article by Anna Helhoski quotes CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on striking the right balance between what students are interested in studying and what majors pay well.

This Atlanta Journal Constitution article by Maureen Downey references CEW’s 2022 college ROI rankings to emphasize both the soaring costs and growing demand for college.

This Diverse Issues in Higher Education article by Liann Herder cites the CEW report “Mission Not Accomplished” to highlight racial and gender inequities still prevalent in the engineering field.

This NPR interview by Elissa Nadworny with CEW Director of Editorial and Education Policy Martin Van Der Werf discusses key findings from CEW’s new rankings of 4,500 colleges and universities by ROI.

This Higher Ed Dive article by Rick Seltzer highlights key findings from CEW’s new rankings of 4,500 colleges and universities by ROI, including the recommendation to provide students with comprehensive career counseling.

This University Business article by Chris Burt discusses CEW’s new rankings of 4,500 colleges and universities by ROI and quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on why some colleges struggle to provide students with a good return on investment.

This CNBC article by Jessica Dickler references CEW’s new rankings of 4,500 colleges and universities by ROI to emphasize how going to college typically pays off in the long run.

This US News article by Lauren Camera discusses CEW’s new rankings of 4,500 colleges and universities by ROI, explaining how some high school graduates earn more than their college degree-holding counterparts.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Emma Whitford quotes both CEW Director Anthony Carnevale and Director of Editorial and Education Policy Martin Van Der Werf on the various factors influencing return on investment in higher education.

This Rutgers University article cites the CEW report “Colleges Where Low-Income Students Get The Highest ROI” to spotlight their top ranking in return on investment for lower income students.

This Higher Ed Dive article by Laura Spitalniak articulates key findings from the CEW report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI,” namely that public colleges offer the best chance at a positive ROI for low income students.

This University Business article by Matt Zalaznick utilizes the CEW report “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI” to spotlight continuing inequities in higher education.

This article from the New York Institute of Technology by Bobbie Dell ‘Aquilo cites the CEW report “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI” to highlight their own regional ranking.

This NBC News article by Abigail Johnson Hess quotes CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on equity issues for student debt holders.

This CNBC article by Abigail Johnson Hess quotes CEW Chief Economist, Nicole Smith, on how student loan debt has morphed into an excessively restrictive force for many adults.

This Forbes article by Marybeth Gasman cites the CEW Report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI,” to highlight the different available paths of higher education for students of varying income levels.

This Times Higher Education article by Paul Basken articulates key findings from the CEW Report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI.”

This Forbes article by Michael T. Nietzel pulls data from the CEW Report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI,” to spotlight how top ROI’s for low-income students were achieved by some of the most elite and selective private colleges.

This Axios article by Tina Reed pulls data from the CEW Report “Nursing” to explain the need for more nursing staff nationwide, and how the gig economy may have an important role to play in achieving that.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Sara Weissman spotlights the CEW Report “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI” to demonstrate how lower income students often experience a lower return on investment for their college education, with suggestions on how to prevent this.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Sara Weissman uses the CEW Report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI,” to bring attention to the fact that the median return on investment for low-income students is lower than the average return on investment for all college students.

This Higher Ed Dive article by Natalie Schwartz references the CEW Report, “Colleges Where Low-income Students Get the Highest ROI,” to highlight how public schools offer lower income students the highest median return on their investment.

Freelance education reporter Lilah Burke cites “College ROI” while writing for The Hechinger Report about the growing state requirements of higher education institutions for the disclosure of data on college ROI.

This CNBC article from Abigail Johnson Hess takes insight from CEW Chief Economist Nicole Smith on how “occupational segregation” is one of the many factors that leads to the persistence of the gender pay gap.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Sara Weissman references CEW Report “The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice” to discuss racial gaps in both wealth and education.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Carol Geary Schnieder cites CEW report “The Role of Education in Taming Authoritarian Attitudes” to explain the pressing need to extend service based learning to all types of institutions of higher education.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Maria Carrasco solicits insight from CEW Director Anthony Carnevale as to what deters low-income students from going to college.

This Inside Higher Ed article by Steven Mintz examines central questions asked in the recent CEW report, “The Cost of Economic and Racial Injustice in Postsecondary Education.”

This MarketWatch article by Anna Helhoski quotes CEW Director Anthony Carnevale on how the “Great Resignation” might not exactly lead to a seamless “great retraining” for workers.

This Washington Post article by Jon Marcus references the CEW report “Three Educational Pathways to Good Jobs” to highlight the increased demand for post-secondary education for most jobs.

This article in the Hechinger Report by Michael Collins references a CEW report “African American Majors” to illuminate how Black students are often underrepresented in majors that lead to higher wages.