RAND Research Topic: School-to-Work Transitions2024-03-23T02:13:31ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/school-to-work-transitions.htmlIf College Isn't the Pathway to the Middle Class It Once Was—What Is?RAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/04/if-college-isnt-the-pathway-to-the-middle-class-it.html2022-04-05T14:15:00Z2022-04-05T14:15:00ZIs college still the best path to the middle class? It's complicated. College credentials still do lead many to increased earnings, but the rapid increases in college costs, coupled with a strong labor market, have made the payoff for a college degree no longer a sure thing.Career Services and College-Employer Partnership Practices in Community CollegesRita T. Karam; Charles A. Goldman; Monica Ricohttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1873-1.html2022-07-06T08:15:00Z2022-07-06T08:15:00Z<p>In this report, the authors systemically examine the type of career services and college-employer partnership practices across three states -- California, Ohio, and Texas -- and a sample of community colleges that operate within them.</p>