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Our analysis of HPOG subgroups defined by program experiences found weak evidence that long-term credentials led to meaningfully larger earnings impacts.

Family and medical leave experiences vary by gender.

Low-wage and non-low-wage workers take family and medical leave for similar reasons, but lower-paid workers face worse financial and job outcomes when they take leave.

The Patient Care Pathway Program had little impact on the two confirmatory outcomes: increasing receipt of a college credential and average quarterly earnings.

Evidence continues to paint an encouraging picture of Career Pathways programs’ effect on improving education, employment, and earnings outcomes.

Through the TACCCT program, community colleges delivered training programs that helped participants obtain credentials and employment and increase earnings. 

This brief, using data from three studies of programs with a career pathways framework, summarizes options for helping students balance school and work.

The Workforce Development Council of Seattle–King County’s Health Careers for All program had no detectable earnings impact despite boosting healthcare employment.

56% of private workers are eligible for medical leave under the FMLA, and 95 percent of worksites reported positive or neutral perceptions of the law’s effects.