A new report from FutureEd, a Georgetown University-based think tank, argues that schools are expanding career education but are not providing enough counseling and career navigation support for students to choose programs effectively. The report points to chronic counselor shortages and long caseloads that leave students without individualized guidance. It also finds limited evidence that many career-and-technical education offerings align with industry needs, and that schools struggle to integrate the full complexity of career exploration beyond immediate course selection—especially when counselors are pulled into crisis management and scheduling tasks. For higher education and workforce partners, the gap is not just availability of programs but “access to decisions,” which can shape pipeline outcomes for postsecondary enrollment and credential completion.