Should Undergraduates specialize by Patrick N. Allitt is an essay about the differences of college education over twenty years. Patrick went to university of Oxford in England. The British meritocratic system, put in place after world war two. It was based around what skills a person had. The governing idea was intelligent were a national asset and the government was investing in them by educating them. Students food and lodging was paid in full and got additional money to pay for books and all living expenses. Only very wealthy families had to pay more money. Patrick's family only paid four hundreds for three years of college. When Patrick went to Oxford they only studied one topic, and switching topics was very difficult to do. His tutors
