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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 6h

Fun fact, when I ask students Quiz questions like "Which book did we read this week?" and run it through generative AI, the chatbot never says "I don't know." It just confidently picks the most famous book on the list.

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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“It’s more that they feel that way than really what’s being applied” E. A. Cech & @cmpech.bsky.social's new #Socius article interviews 101 White, able-bodied, heterosexual men in #STEM to understand how advantaged individuals interpret #intersectional #inequality. Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's the first day of the semester at FSU, and I published an op-ed in the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social on the economic value of liberal arts degrees. As we start a new academic year, it's important to remember the liberal arts provide BOTH a well-rounded and economically useful education. Link 👇

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Things that should not be run like businesses: universities, hospitals, and government. Things that should be run like businesses: businesses. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Private equity destroying the bowling industry is a great microcosm of how leisure in the US has changed over my lifetime. Bowling used to be low-tech, relaxing, and inexpensive. Now it’s overstimulating, garish, and expensive.

frontofficesports.com

Lawsuit Claims Lucky Strike Built Bowling Monopoly

A proposed class action claims Lucky Strike Entertainment dominates the market through “illegally acquired scale.”

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is an insane and concerning story

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Happening tomorrow! Register here: go.rutgers.edu/majortradeoffs or on the QR code on the flyer. It should be a great conversation, and there will be plenty of time for Q & A!

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Check out my new article in the Review of Higher Education! Based on the incongruity between which college graduates use skills at work and which have good employment conditions, I advance a framework for the college-to-work transition that considers majors as unique sites of cultural value. Link 👇

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We know higher education prepares students well for the workforce, but there's a sticky cultural narrative that suggests it doesn't. Check out my blog post with Kyle Albert, where we discuss strategies universities can use to further signal their skill relevance to society. Link 👇

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

At #ESS2026? Don't miss a chance to meet Corey Moss-Pech and discuss Major Trade-Offs, an eye-opening look at the relationship between students’ majors and their entry-level jobs, today at 9:30am. Learn more about the book here: bit.ly/UCPEXESS #ESS2026

white background, author meets critic, book cover center titled major trade-offs, sunday, march 8 at 9:30am

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It's always a blast doing events for my book. Here I am presenting at the Labor Studies and Employment Relations department at Rutgers. Next stop, ESS in DC. If you're attending the conference this weekend, stop by and say hello, and/or come see my book’s AMC session this Sunday at 9:30.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Interesting this doesn't apply to the state's two public R1s. A further example of the increasingly bleak bifurcation of higher ed in the US into the haves and have-nots.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is unfortunately, unsurprising. From my perspective, the best advances in education technology are those that broaden access to traditional learning (e.g., an online course that can best replicate an in-person course). There's just no substitute for traditional old-school learning.

economist.com

Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless

Independent research identifies few learning gains

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Next was "Major Trade-Offs" by @cmpech.bsky.social, who uses deep qualitative research to crack the foundations of economic skills dogma, showing technical college majors rarely use their acquired skills in their first jobs. Highly recommend Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/5)

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Major Trade-Offs

An eye-opening look at the relationship between students’ majors and their entry-level jobs. Humanities majors are used to answering the question, “So, what are you going to do with that degree?” The ...

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The endless dismissal of bad behavior in the name of “being an adult” or “focusing on the things that matter” has become a powerful force enabling Trump. It’s conflict aversion, masquerading as seriousness. Nothing is a distraction, go after all of it.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

"The lesson of our century so far is clear. After a decade book-ended by a once-in-a-generation financial crisis and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, flagships proved unusually disciplined at solving for both access and excellence."

chronicle.com

Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning

Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.

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Nathan Wilmers @natewilmers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I'll take any excuse to share this article by Gary Shteyngart on the last iteration of Google Glass. I used to require it for my intro students when we covered technology. Unfortunately, it's now too old to be in rotation. It's a great article though! www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

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O.K., Glass

Confessions of a Google Glass Explorer.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The New School is ending its BA in Sociology and has paused PhD admissions. When I got my MA there in 2013, it was such an intellectually vibrant place, and without that experience, there is a 0% chance I'd be a professor today—such a shame. www.newschoolfreepress.com/2025/11/26/u...

newschoolfreepress.com

University to cut or pause 23 programs next fall amid restructuring - The New School Free Press

This story was updated on Dec. 4 at 5:45 p.m. More than 20 academic programs will be cut or paused next year, according to information shared with faculty in an email from the provost’s office sent No...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

EdTech research consistently shows that students learn better with pen and paper. This semester I have a no laptop policy in my graduate theory seminar, and I have to say it’s been a complete and total success. Highly recommend.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This is a good thread, but it's important to remember the Roberts court is radically pro-business and always has been. Throughout Roberts' tenure, there's been the occasional "moderate" opinion, but as far as I know, that's never been the case over economic questions.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

My article in the Review of Higher Education is live! I show highly "employable" majors pay off for graduates even in the absence of technical skill use. As a result, I advance a conceptual framework that views majors as unique sites of cultural value. Check it out! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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Project MUSE - The Paradox of Marketability: Degree Utilization and Labor Market Outcomes by College Field of Study

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Great article on how the AI bubble is just the latest ed tech grift that's part of a "broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators."

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

FSU is hiring 2 APs in spatial data science! Open to any social science discipline, including sociology. This makes at least 5 faculty jobs at FSU this year open to Soc PhDs. Consider applying if you do spatial research! (ad says Geography, but it's open field) jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_e...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

I had a great time chatting with Andrea Weckerle on The Ready Living podcast about my new book, Major Trade-Offs, and the value of college majors. Check it out if you're interested! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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The Truth About College Majors

Podcast Episode · Ready Living Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 28m

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Most trans folks live in the South. #SOGIdata #transdemography

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

A day late, but in honor of Labor Day, I want to recognize UFF, our incredible union here at FSU. I am thrilled to be part of a unionized faculty, it’s b/c of UFF that the material conditions of my employment are so exceptional. None of it would be possible without labor. Solidarity forever!

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I had a blast chatting with Dan Berrett about Major Trade-Offs, and I'm so glad he posted our conversation on @chronicle.com. If you're interested in the relationship between college majors, internships, and entry-level jobs, check it out! www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...

chronicle.com

The Surprising Truth About Which College Majors Are Actually Useful at Work

A sociologist studied how students get internships and jobs, and who really uses their degrees.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

In my book I argue that liberal arts skills *are* employable skills. Hopefully, more studies like the one below can help us shift the harmful and inaccurate narrative that only technical/vocational majors prepare students for the workforce. theconversation.com/studying-phi...

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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Check out my new article in the Journal of Organizational Sociology, where I examine how technology limits the autonomy of entry-level workers. I theorize two subtypes of technical control and discuss its implications for gender inequality www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

degruyterbrill.com

“The System Sucks”: Computer Programs and Technical Control in Entry-Level White-Collar Work

Researchers often examine how technology controls the labor of precarious workers while demonstrating the limits of technology on controlling professional workers. Drawing on a subset of 46 in-depth i...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Happening next Tuesday! If you're in the DC area, consider coming down to People's Book for my conversation with Dan Berrett!

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Just want to plug @cmpech.bsky.social’s new book Major Trade-Offs that speaks directly to the myths of popular narratives about college majors, needed knowledges & skillsets, & employability.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Sociology friends, FSU is hiring in our Demography area! I'm not on the committee, of course, but if you see me at ASA or want to discuss the job, our department, or higher ed in Florida, I'm happy to chat. t.co/midMVA8fCv

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Friends in the DC area - I'll be at People's Book in Takoma Park discussing Major Trade-Offs with Dan Berrett, Senior Editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education, two weeks from today (8/19). Consider coming out; I'd love to see you there! peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...

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Corey Moss-Pech for Major Trade-Offs

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The Society Pages @thesocietypages.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

How are liberal arts grads positioned in today's uncertain job market? 📖Check out @ccfamilies.bsky.social's recent discussion with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @cmpech.bsky.social on his new book, Major Trade-Offs. (Est. read time: 5 min) 🔗 bit.ly/3HfNkUp 🔗

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I really enjoyed the wide-ranging conversation I had with Larry on What Happens Next in 6 Minutes. We talked about college majors, internships, and the difference between sociology and economics. Check it out! www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com

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What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein | Substack

A podcast by Larry Bernstein with guest speakers from academia, business, law, government and more. Click to read What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein, a Substack publication with tens ...

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It's always such a trip to see my book out in the world. Thanks so much @kojichavez.bsky.social!

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Of course, I agree with @jessicacalarco.com about the double-standard, but this sidesteps an important broader point, which is that the right doesn't care about hypocrisy/double-standard because they view themselves as the *only* legitimate constituency in the US.

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

People rightly criticize Indiana for prioritizing economic interests in higher ed. But even in that frame, I'd argue it's impossible for policymakers to know which job skills will be needed in the future and which specific degree programs will provide them.

indystar.com

Indiana public colleges cut or merge a fifth of degree programs, more could come

Six Indiana public colleges have submitted a fifth of the state's degree programs for cutting or merging ahead of a new law instituting size quotas.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2025

also, my impression from the outside is that cuomo didn’t actually campaign. he just relied on name recognition and paid media. i think voters sensed the entitlement!

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I had a fantastic time discussing Major Trade-Offs with Mike Bastedo at @literatibookstore.bsky.social in Ann Arbor. I'm grateful for the engaged conversation with Mike and those who attended, and I was thrilled to sign the author wall! A very cool experience that I won't forget!

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

If you’re in or around Ann Arbor, don’t forget about @cmpech.bsky.social’s talk tonight at 6:30 about his thought-provoking new book, Major Trade-Offs at @literatibookstore.bsky.social!

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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Hey friends and colleagues in the Ann Arbor area, consider coming out to Literati Bookstore tomorrow (6/11) at 6:30 PM to see me discuss Major Trade-Offs with UM Professor Mike Bastedo. Link 👇

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