Sarah Palin has a degree in communications and journalism. Nye has a degree in engineering. Nye is a stand up comedian and a make believe scientist who does tricks for kids. Palin was elected governor and nominated for Vice President. Which person has more credibility?
6 years and four schools to get a meaningless degree in sports reporting
Sarah Palin's Extensive College Career
Let’s recap, shall we?
Fall 82: Hawaii Pacific University
Spring 83: North Idaho Community College
Fall 83: North Idaho Community College
Spring 84: Out of school.
Fall 84: University of Idaho
Spring 85: University of Idaho
Fall 85: Mat-Su Community College (reportedly part-time)
Spring 86: University of Idaho
Fall 86: University of Idaho
Spring 87: University of Idaho
In other words, not counting her aborted registration at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Sarah Palin attended four different institutions of higher learning in three different states. Only two of those institutions were four-year colleges. She also changed her major at least twice, beginning in business administration, then switching to general studies before ending up in communications/journalism (more on that later).
College credits do not transfer easily. Courses have different names at different institutions; different institutions require different core courses for graduation, and different majors have different requirements. Getting a four-year university to accept credits from a two-year college (such as Mat-Su) to satisfy upper division graduation requirements is simply impossible. Some have suggested that the University of Idaho may be in the habit of handing out their degrees on the cheap. This is not the case.
Sarah has defended her erratic college career by saying she had to work her way through school. However, students who are worried about their finances generally do not attend college in Hawaii (air fare from Alaska to Hawaii was not cheap in the 80s). Likewise, the need to work her way through college would not explain all this college-hopping, since moving schools typically only increases the number of semesters needed. Something else was obviously going on here.
When human resources personnel look at a college record like this, they say it screams undesirable characteristics such as “unstable” and “quitter.” But when a university professor looks at a college record like this, he says, “How does anyone attend less than nine full-time semesters at four different schools, two of them community colleges, change their major at least twice, and still manage to get a degree?”
palingates: Sarah Palin's Crazy College Daze - A chronology of her College/University years
