Q20 - It has recently been found

[mcrittell]

I'm unsure if I understand the stim. Help?

[maryadkins]

We're asked to conclude something from the stimulus, which makes this an inference question. Our strategy for inference questions is to take everything stated in the passage as true, then determine what inferences in the answer choices can or can't be drawn from it. We are told (and take as true!) that:

-Prospects have never been better for college graduates, and this trend is likely to continue.
-Employers didn't realize that the number of people graduating from college was declining. They didn't plan for it and didn't know that demand (for workers) could at some point exceed supply (jobs needing to be filled).
-The number of undergrads studying subjects in high demand has dropped "substantially." This trend is likely to continue, too.

(A) is wrong because there's nothing in the stimulus about fewer jobs. Fewer? The only thing "fewer" are students to fill the jobs.
(B) is CORRECT because it it is the only answer choice consistent with the statements in the stimulus. There are fewer graduates to fill jobs.
(C) is out of scope. We aren't told anything about whether employers are away of trends in what undergraduates are studying.
(D) is incorrect because the stimulus says nothing about fewer available jobs.
(E) is both out of scope (we aren't concerned with employers who anticipate future trends, but the ones in this passage who haven't!) and contradictory. We're told the employers didn't plan. (E) says they did.