Richard Shaw - Stop Beating Up the BA

Associate Professor Richard Shaw from Massey University says choosing a degree with a name that sounds like a job is old-fashioned thinking. Admitting to a vested interest in the topic, he reckons that the time has come for the long-maligned Bachelor of Arts as employees of the future will need to be creative thinkers, smart communicators, and able to understand and engage with people from other cultures. What they will need, he says, is a BA.