<p>Is the author using the movie Social Network to make her point or the real Zuckerman? Quick wiki search confirms Zuckerman graduated from Exeter with a classics degree. Zuckerman was a programing prodigy and his father had him tutored/mentored early on outside of school, well before entering Harvard. He is known to quote poems from the classics during conversations. I think it is safe to say even though he dropped out of Harvard, his private school education did the job nicely. </p>
<p>The problem with the college degree today is not addressed by using Zuckerman as an example. However, I think we all feel there is a problem in our educational system. Under prepared High School students continue on to be under prepared college graduates in a mediocre system. In California, the % of remediation in math and English in the State College and the UC system is staggering. Why? Because students are accepted from lower performing high schools unprepared for college work, as compensation for not providing an adequate state k-12 education. Go fix the k-12 public education and strictly enforce all remediation will be done at the CC level. Until this is done in California, the CSU and increasingly the UC degree will be perceived by employers as a high school diploma substitute. So, now you need a Graduate degree to signal a decent educational level. Will we see remediation in the Graduate school level soon, to compensate and do social engineering? I think so.</p>