Corey Moss-Pech
@cmpech.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State | Higher Ed, Labor, Inequality Scholar | Book, Major Trade-Offs, with Chicago Press: http://bit.ly/3RBzZr8 | LGM
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Corey Moss-Pech
@cmpech.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Got this in the mail yesterday—the newest addition to my bookshelf. Thanks@uchicagopress.bsky.social! Can't wait for the book to come out next month! Link to pre-order 👇
Ooof...not good
Nothing to see here other than a university telling its research community that AI can appropriately be used to "generate first drafts."
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February 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Ooof...not good
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.
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
www.economist.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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.
Reposted by Corey Moss-Pech
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)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/5)
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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January 18, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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)
Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (3/5)
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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.
January 4, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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.
Being on the EdUp Experience podcast was a blast! If you’re interested in college majors, early careers, and how AI is impacting entry-level hiring/work, check it out!
www.edupexperience.com/coreymossper...
www.edupexperience.com/coreymossper...
Are Practical Majors Just Better at Cultural Signaling Than Skill Building? - with Dr. Corey Moss-Pech, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Are Practical Majors Just Better at Cultural Signaling Than Skill Building? - with Dr. Corey Moss-Pech, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University page for EdUp Experience
www.edupexperience.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Being on the EdUp Experience podcast was a blast! If you’re interested in college majors, early careers, and how AI is impacting entry-level hiring/work, check it out!
www.edupexperience.com/coreymossper...
www.edupexperience.com/coreymossper...
"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."
Opinion | Why Flagships Are Winning
Battered by decades of disruption, they are now more frugal and more resilient than elite privates.
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"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."
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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
apply.interfolio.com/178873
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December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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
apply.interfolio.com/178873
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...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
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...
www.newschoolfreepress.com/2025/11/26/u...
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...
www.newschoolfreepress.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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...
www.newschoolfreepress.com/2025/11/26/u...
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.
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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.
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.
To date, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has backed Trump in almost every case, even when lower courts found his actions flagrantly illegal. And tariffs are Trump’s signature policy. So one might have assumed the argument would go smoothly for the administration. 10/25
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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.
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...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - The Paradox of Marketability: Degree Utilization and Labor Market Outcomes by College Field of Study
muse.jhu.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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."
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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."
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...
jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_e...
Welcome | PS LINKS
jobs.omni.fsu.edu
October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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...
jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_e...
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!
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The Truth About College Majors
Podcast Episode · Ready Living Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Most trans folks live in the South. #SOGIdata #transdemography
September 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Most trans folks live in the South. #SOGIdata #transdemography
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!
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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!
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. If you're interested in the relationship between college majors, internships, and entry-level jobs, check it out!
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...
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.
www.chronicle.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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. If you're interested in the relationship between college majors, internships, and entry-level jobs, check it out!
www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t...
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...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
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.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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...
theconversation.com/studying-phi...
Happening tomorrow! If you're in the DC area, consider coming out!
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
Corey Moss-Pech for 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?” T…
peoplesbooktakoma.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happening tomorrow! If you're in the DC area, consider coming out!
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
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...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
“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...
www.degruyterbrill.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Happening next Tuesday! If you're in the DC area, consider coming down to People's Book for my conversation with Dan Berrett!
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-...
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
Corey Moss-Pech for 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?” T…
peoplesbooktakoma.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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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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.
August 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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.
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
t.co/midMVA8fCv
https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=60875&PostingSeq=1
t.co
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
t.co/midMVA8fCv
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-...
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...
Corey Moss-Pech for 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?” T…
peoplesbooktakoma.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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-...
peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/major-...