Professor Emeritus, Queens College
Dr. Andrew Hacker is a political scientist and author known for his work on education and policy issues. He has extensively analyzed the impact of higher education trends on social mobility.
The percentage of adults with a master's degree has nearly doubled in two decades — but are all those credentials actually worth it? Dr. Andrew Hacker, Dr. Anthony Carnevale, and Dr. Elizabeth Stark debate whether advanced degrees are an economic necessity or a gatekeeping system that's pricing people out of careers they're already qualified for.
