Giving Compass' Take:

• Education Dive reports on data from a recent survey showing that college students have unrealistic expectations for their future career salaries. 

• Why do college students immediately expect to earn more after their graduation? What is the best way colleges can prepare their students for the changing workforce? 

• Learn how community colleges are trying to integrate more apprenticeships into their offerings. 

College students generally expect to earn more than they probably will, and having better information about earnings doesn't cause them to change majors. That's according to an issue brief published by a visiting scholar and an assistant research professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, which also shows that students in business and STEM majors often had the most unrealistic expectations.

The report suggests what education experts are saying and other surveys are finding: That students need to be more sophisticated about their choices with regard to majors and careers and that institutions need to provide more information about potential jobs and improve career search tools and methods.

Many students aren't optimistic about how their education will pay off in the workplace. Only about one-third of the those surveyed by Strada Education Network and Gallup said they believe the skills and knowledge they graduate with will help them be successful in the job market and workplace. One likely reason for the uncertainty is that students must make many critical decisions as soon as they begin to consider postsecondary education, two education officials explained in The Hechinger Report last year.

Read the full article about future salaries and college grads by James Paterson at Education Dive.