Recovery2020

Katherine Mangan writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education that even the meaning of “free” is hard to pin down when it comes to presidential candidates’ college-affordability proposals. Mangan uses data from the CEW report “Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020” to explain how changing education and training requirements have motivated these proposals.

In this Inside Higher Ed article, Ashley A. Smith discusses the proposal from a Chicago mayoral candidate to offer free community college by merging the system with K-12. Smith uses information from the CEW report, "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020."

In this Fast Company article, Eillie Anzilotti writes about how part of the Pell Grant program used to fund prisoners getting a college degree and how activists are calling for its reinstatement. Anzilotti pulls from the CEW report, "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020."

In this CNBC article, Abigail Hess discusses the increase in student debt. Hess pulls from the CEW report, "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020."

In this Forbes article, Jaime Catmull discusses the difficulties of paying back student loan debt. Catmull uses information from the CEW report, "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020."

In this Diverse Issues in Higher Education opinion piece, Alyse Gray Parker and India Heckstall write about how a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act can serve as an opportunity to reduce persistent equity gaps for students of color. Parker and Heckstall cite the CEW report "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020."

In this CNBC article, Abigail Hess reports on the Taco Bell Foundation's announcement that it will offer students scholarship money based on their passion rather than grades or test scores. Hess cites the CEW report "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020."

In this op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle, Eloy Ortiz Oakley writes about the downsides of the college ranking system and promotes the importance of degree attainment. Ortiz Oakley cites the report "Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020" from the Georgetown CEW.