[theothercheek]

Unless you have completed a degree - two-year, four-year - it is misleading to say you attended a college or took classes. Someone with one semester of college under his belt could make that claim. If he’s so proud that he was too cool for school, why not convey the information in his commentary exactly in that clear, forthright language in his bio?

Anyway, as I see it, the point of the article is about resume inflation and why employers care about it. That he has embellished his own academic credentials a bit is just the ironic icing on the cake - a cake he baked, by the way.

[NonValueAdded]

It is NOT misleading to say you attended classes and took college-level coursework. I know many people who completed the core curriculum but didn't have time for the mandatory fluff, or life got in the way ... plenty of reasons why one formerly attended college (as opposed to "attending"). The school is clearly identified and a transcript would confirm the claim. Any HR person would understand Taranto's resume as written.

But your advice is to omit that completely from the resume? Again, how else would you say it if you have years of college work under your belt but hadn't finished the degree?