college and underemployment

The Strada Education Foundation released last week a major report, “Talent Disrupted,” on college graduates and underemployment. Trumpeted by the Wall Street Journal as demonstrating the importance of majors and internships, the large-dataset study claims to show that majoring in useful things like health sciences and quantitative-heavy subjects, along with having an internship, are the ways to avoid underemployment after college.

statements from the asa theory section council on t&s editorial changes

The ASA Theory Section Council just released two statements on the editorial changes at the journal Theory and Society. The first statement responds to the new editors’ statement of goals and addresses inclusivity and pluralism in social theory. The second addresses editorial independence and Springer’s handling of the editorial transition. The two statements are reproduced in full below.