Posted on 12/19/2020 6:40:20 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
To call Jill Biden’s dissertation thin gruel is an insult to gruel. Whatever meager substance puddled in Bob Cratchit’s miserable bowl at mealtime was a bountiful feast compared with this paper. I wrote yesterday about the problems with this capstone project, the foundation of her Ed.D. degree and of the insistence of so many in recent days that we must call her “Dr.”
Mrs. Biden’s only original research consists of interviews with two — that’s right, two — ex-students and a few colleagues at Delaware Technical Community College, where she used to teach, plus the results of a vacuous questionnaire she wrote that was returned by about 150 people who worked or studied there. Oh, and she also called two nearby community colleges seeking interviews about their retention rates. One of them wouldn’t answer the question; the other wouldn’t assign anyone to speak to her at all. Telling us about this misadventure serves no academic purpose, though it does fill up four pages of her generously spaced paper. The transcripts of her group chats with campus figures and colleagues take up nearly 30 pages out of 129. The questionnaires eat up another 18 pages.
The dissertation, Student Retention at the Community College: Meeting Students’ Needs, shimmers with the wan, term-papery feel of middle school, although in defense of today’s middle schoolers, they at least know how to use spell-checking software, unlike Mrs. Biden. Her 2006 paper notes that at Delaware Tech, her then-employer, a third of students dissolve into the ether every year, and in order to pad out her micron-thin proposals, none of which have anything to support them except her beliefs and anecdotal evidence (she suggests building a student center and beefing up the “Wellness Center” while increasing counseling and mentoring services), she shovels in piles of drivel.....
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There are horrible stories covered up by Lies that Joe has told fir 35-40 years.
Yup
Some arguably say they are even smarter, not being burdened with a lot of college debt....
The man she hit was blamed for the accident. He and his family worked for years to clear his name.
“I don’t have to dump on other to make myself feel good.
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That isn’t why people are doing it. Get over yourself.
I wonder how many foreign languages are required for an Ed.D. at the University of Delaware?
Not directed at CtC, but for general distribution:
Jill Biden attained a doctorate degree by whatever means possible.
ANYONE who challenges that will be labeled a misogynist. Just like anyone who dares speak ill of the ho will be labeled a racist/ misogynist.
It’s almost 2021. You should know your place, boy.
"It's all about ME!"
It’s a good thing something like half of the people who’ve gotten a doctorate in the last decade are female.
There’s plenty of women who completed a more rigorous program, even in education (women who had to take a lot of courses in measurement and statistics), who can step up and critique Mrs. Biden’s doctorate and who know of what they speak.
My doctorate in metaphysics from Miskatonic University in Arkham, Massachusetts only cost me $15 plus a cheap plastic frame. Go ‘pods!
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They are all about scams.
Jill Biden can’t spell thesis.
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LMAO.
I cheated on my Metaphysics Exam.
I looked into the soul of the guy sitting next to me.
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My senior paper in '80 was a feasibility study of wind turbines on the Texas High Plains.
I have no idea if my paper had anything to do with these monster turbines we now have everywhere.
Earning a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry was difficult. Living up to the title was even more difficult. The most important thing I learned was the ability to discern bad science from good science and to know my limitations. If Jill Biden wishes to use the prefix Dr. that’s her business, but she will be judged accordingly.
I am reminded every time I turn on my new heating system in this old house just how smart some people are without college degrees. One of the workers had been in the military.
Bump
I found that history folks were either really intense and avid studiers of history, or were just there filling a seat.
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