Posted on 02/13/2015 5:27:50 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
“Even now, I wonder what I might have accomplished if I'd studied harder.”
This regretful remark, delivered to Eureka College's graduating class of 1982, inspired uproarious laughter from the audience. Why? Because it came from a sitting president of the United States. Ronald Reagan, despite his admittedly mediocre grades, had already made it just about as far as anyone can.
Ideally, college study helps to form the whole person. But to some extent, and for most Americans, it is viewed as a means to an end—a preparation for later accomplishments in life.
Today, there still exists a very small, elite world in which school ties can pull big strings. Outside of that world, neither grades, nor school pedigree, nor even possession of a finished degree matter very much. Those who have already entered the professional world and shown themselves capable of handling its rigors are seldom asked about their education when applying for the second, third or fourth jobs of their career.
Even so, the concerns of that elite have suddenly been aroused because one of the leading Republican contenders for president—Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin—quit school without finishing his bachelor's degree. Walker quit college in good standing, but 34 credits shy of graduation......
....Walker has proven he is competent in the same way most Americans must—with or without degrees — based on his actual career accomplishments. He spent a decade as an obscure state legislator, was elected Milwaukee County executive, and is now the thrice-elected governor of a large state not known for easily favoring conservative Republicans. Love or hate what he has done in office, he is probably the nation's most accomplished sitting governor. Does anybody really think that an extra few semesters in college over 20 years ago represents the difference as to whether he is or isn't qualified to be president?.....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
There is not, and has not been for a long time, a question of the existence of overwhelming liberal bias at institutions of higher education. The inquiries into the phenomenon focus on why that structural bias exists and persists. Whatever the reasons, it’s easy to understand why the liberal establishment wants to protect the biased architecture of American education......"
College “careers” are overrated. If DemocRATS with Diplomas are so damned smart, why the hell did they elect the Kenyan? Twice!
Yep, the left hates when you don’t attend their liberal indoctrination camps that are disguised as Universities these days.
I’ve met a number of college educated people that have virtually no common sense. It’s truly astounding.
I’ve also met a number of older generation college graduates that are some of the best people I’ve ever come in contact with.
Must be a generational thing or a commentary on the state of higher education in general these days.
:: Outside of that world, neither grades, nor school pedigree, nor even possession of a finished degree matter very much. ::
So...we should less of college credentials presented to a graduate of Idaho-Moscow.
Then, downgrade that a bit more if the student was a scholarship-athlete for, say, the women’s basketball team.
What would the “Maverick of the Senate” answer?
The Republicans, if they stop being the Stupid Party should have fun with this. The Elitist Democrats attacking the (whatever) percentage who don't have college degrees? Attacking Abraham Lincoln? Criticizing the capabilities of Bill Gates, Matt Damon, Thomas Edison, LeBron? Criticizing those who bravely fought to defend their country instead of attending college?
wow
We (Older generation) went to college to gain knowledge and learn how to think. Now, college is a place you go to be programed to hate America by people who hate America.
By not completing his degree, Walker has shown he had all he needed from those liberal minded professors and joined the school of the real world. He has done a great job as Governor of Wisconsin. The libs fear him to no end, thus giving him great credibility.
Anybody ever seen any proof of Barry Soetoro’s so called “college career”? I haven’t. I don’t know if he ever even went to college. His entire life has been sealed to the general public.
The Demonrat party is made up of the overeducated elite, and an equal part of the dumbest uneducated slugs in America.
The standard Demonrat line is that Republicans are evil rich billionaire CEOs, and at the same time uneducated knuckle-dragging rubes clinging to their guns and eating road-kill for dinner.
The media never bothers to question Demonrats on how they figure uneducated Republicans managed to acquire all the wealth, take over big business and Wall Street, and do it with only a 3rd grade education?
I think we should be able to see all of his transcripts.
But only after we see Obama’s transcripts and whether he applied as a foreign student.
L: “Scott Walker is a college dropout!”
C: “Why are Obama’s transcripts sealed?”
It’s meme-building by partisan media shills, straight out of Demagogic Party talking points. The only question that lingers is, why would anyone think this kind of smear would do anything but make the drum-beaters look like ridiculous a-holes?
As Scott Walker mulls White House bid, questions linger over college exit
Washington Post | 02/11/15 | david-a-fahrenthold
Posted on 02/11/2015 7:55:35 AM PST by SMCC1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3256444/posts
Let’s see the transcripts, Barry!
Yes, critical thinking has given way to group-think and indoctrination.
I believe it is a state of corruption in higher education. Although the vast majority of colleges are "non-profit", everyone has a bottom line. That means getting as many kids into four year school as possible. It means stacking classes and requirement that shoe horn kid into completing school in 4.5 to 5 years. It means charging fees for "technology" access. It mean required book activation codes to force students to buy books for hundreds of dollars rather than for pennies on the Internet.
It means creating worthless degrees programs with little or zero job prospect. It means grade inflation in worthless degree programs so students stick it out 5 years to graduate. And finally it takes a bloated trillion dollar federal loan program to finance this scheme to keep over paid professors and administrative bureaucrats fat and happy.
21 months before the election and the mainstream media has already done more vetting of Scott Walker than they ever did of Barack Obama.
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