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Reading Jill Biden's Ed.D. "executive position paper" (ersatz dissertation), which she wrote at the age of 55, and it's bad.
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Here's the PDF so y'all can follow along.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20407226/bidens-dissertation.pdf
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20407226/bidens-dissertation.pdf
Keep in mind that at this point in her life, Mrs. Biden was a grown woman who had been married for a cumulative 30+ years to various people
"Three quarters of the class will be Caucasian; one quarter of
the class will be African American...the remaining seats will be filled with students of Asian descent or non-resident aliens."
what remaining seats, Jill
the class will be African American...the remaining seats will be filled with students of Asian descent or non-resident aliens."
what remaining seats, Jill
"Although there is strength in diversity as a classroom component, the lack of homogeneity in academic ability makes it difficult to teach to a single standard."
"Admission to the College is open to all Delaware residents who have a high school education or its equivalent or to anyone who is eighteen years of age or older and
able to benefit from instruction."
that's a big or
able to benefit from instruction."
that's a big or
"The unique nature of the classroom allows for a complexity of problems as well."
this person expects, on the basis of this effort, to be called "doctor."
this person expects, on the basis of this effort, to be called "doctor."
"Many universities and colleges did not eliminate the freshman and sophomore years"
No shit
Please tell me more, doctor
No shit
Please tell me more, doctor
"With a new president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Americans were offered the New Deal, and thousands of dollars were put into federal emergency junior college funds"
upwards of two thousand
upwards of two thousand
"the junior college adapted – much like it does today – to
the needs of its students."
(this is a paper that purports to investigate why two-thirds of 2-year college students fail to graduate)
the needs of its students."
(this is a paper that purports to investigate why two-thirds of 2-year college students fail to graduate)
"After Roosevelt’s death, Truman, as the next president, created the Truman Commission."
"'By 1963, public and private two year headcount enrollment stood at 850,361. By 1980, enrollment had grown to 4,526,287... approximately a 230 percent increase in student attendance'"
uh, *very* approximately
uh, *very* approximately
