Summary Of A Matter Of Degrees By Rebecca Mead

In “A Matter of Degrees,” Rebecca Mead argues that we should attend college for more reasons than just to earn more money. Mead cites the National Association of Colleges and Employers and Payscale.com which claim that in the 2010 job market people who hold a math or science degree have a better chance of landing a job then college graduates who hold a humanities degree. Mead quotes Professor Richard K. Veeder an economist who proposes that people don’t need a degree because most growing jobs will not require one and Professor Robert I. Lerman who thinks we should teach high schoolers more useful skills then just preparing them for college. Mead points out people’s anti-intellectual views by quoting a political scientist Charles Murray and