Dean's Yale Transcripts Are Released

Associated Press ^ | December 19, 2003 | ELIZABETH WOLFE

[Monitor]

WASHINGTON -- Some centrist Democrats may fret about front-runner Howard Dean's ability to match up to President Bush in a general election, but his college transcript sure could.

Bush, who graduated from Yale University in 1968, had a less-than-stellar record, with what the president described as "gentleman's Cs." Dean's transcript shows the political science major sailing through a slight sophomore slump to earn mostly high marks his last two years.

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The transcript shows Howard Brush Dean III with a Park Avenue address and a course load reflective of those antiestablishment years. Dean took more than one class on Marxism and studied the "History of Soviet Union," "Soviet Foreign Policy," "International Communism" and "Chinese Politics."

[xrp]

Interestingly leftist oriented classes.

[GeronL]

Dean took more than one class on Marxism and studied the "History of Soviet Union," "Soviet Foreign Policy," "International Communism" and "Chinese Politics."

well, well

[vbmoneyspender]

I hope some reporter asks him what he learned from those courses.

[searchandrecovery]

Dean took more than one class on Marxism and studied the "History of Soviet Union," "Soviet Foreign Policy," "International Communism" and "Chinese Politics."

Boy was a CIT - Communist In Training.

[Paladin2]

It'd be interesting to know the details of the grading curve in such extreeeeemist classes.

[GeronL]

I am sure he would like to see if it works in practice in this country

[optimistically_conservative]

Explains his deeply held optimism to work with Soviet Union today concerning Iran.

[Paul Atreides]

There's a photo of him, when he was on the Debating Team:

[Ann Archy]

Howard BRUSH Dean III...LOL!! Man of the pipple!

[FairWitness]

The transcript shows Howard Brush Dean III with a Park Avenue address and a course load reflective of those antiestablishment years. Dean took more than one class on Marxism and studied the "History of Soviet Union," "Soviet Foreign Policy," "International Communism" and "Chinese Politics."

I know it is possible to get into Med School wih a B.S. in almost any subject, but a certain number of science courses should also be needed. This article does not mention any science courses or, obviously, how Dean did in sciences. Would be interested to know.

[mystery-ak]

hmmmmm...very interesting!...

[LibWhacker]

. . . and a course load reflective of those antiestablishment years.

BS!!! Few of us took that crap. Only the most dedicated America-haters did. Of all my anti-Vietnam war friends back then, I don't know one who took "History of Soviet Union," "Soviet Foreign Policy," "International Communism" and "Chinese Politics."

[connectthedots]

No mention of GWB's Harvard MBA? What a shock!

[knak]

ROFL

[Zathras]

Well my my my ... Hitlery, The Bent One and McAuffle have been busy.

[onedoug]

Dennis Prager. International Communism was his Masters at Columbia.

[HarleyD]

I guess the RATS have to dredge up this old chestnut again. All the Republicans have to do is match Bush's legislative victories in 4 years against their "Rhode" scholar, Klinton, in 8 years. Give me an average student with some common sense any day.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Actually I took a bunch of classes like that when I was an undergrad, but I was a poli sci major. Most Poli Sci profs were pragmatists, not commies. Henry Kissenger was their god. Now those english and international studies profs, those were commies.

[mvpel]

I took a course on China as one of my political science requirements while at the University of Michigan. Not sure I could recall any specifics about it at this point, though.