Rush Limbaugh is the most remarkable example I have seen.
He's been frank about the frustration he experienced in his short college career. But look how hard he worked to educate himself when he finally put his mind to it.
Harry S Truman and the philosopher Eric Hoffer come also to mind, although there are countless others we'll never hear about. Oh, maybe also Dilbert's garbage man (^B{>.
The larger point is that a true education (in the classic University sense) is to learn how to learn. Once you have that and the desire to do so, then you embark on your real, lifelong education.
Some people don't need college to get the idea, and some do. Most tragic are the cases where college stifles the urge to real learning; I fear that there's more of that than ever on campuses today.
Absolutely.
And it seems that most "higher" education does indeed stifle "learning to learn".