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Trump. who 's claim to fame is 'he was the dumbest student I ever had... is up against some disciplined thinkers.. Claudia Sheinbaum , Mexico's El Presidente, is an environmental engineer, She was one of the scientists and policymakers who shared the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace for their work on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
and Mark Carney. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988, then studied at the University of Oxford, where he earned a master's degree in 1993 and a doctorate in 1995.
And one must include Keir Starmer , a Knight of the realm, SIr Kier Starmer. British PM, Starmer graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and gained a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford in 1986. He became a barrister in 1987 at the Middle Temple, becoming a bencher there in 2009.
And darling Emanuel Macron. of France .. Macron studied philosophy at Paris Nanterre University. He completed a master's degree in public affairs at Sciences Po and graduated from the École nationale d'administration in 2004. He worked as a senior civil servant at the Inspectorate General of Finances and investment banker at Rothschild & Co.
and so on...........Pedro Sanchez... of Spain...In 2012, Pedro Sánchez received his Doctorate in Economics from Camilo José Cela University, where he lectured in economics.
and Lawrence Wong, Singapore.... Wong pursued higher education in the United States, first at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics (1994), and then at the University of Michigan, where he earned a master’s degree in applied economics (1995). A decade later he completed a master’s in public administration at Harvard University (2004) ( Lawrence is a particular favorite of mine.. he is a superb administrator. ) .
@Trooper .... you DO KNOW though, that tRump is diligently trying to dumb down this country.
I am shocked at the weak behavior of the academic environment. Its all about the money. Columbia, for pete's sake, COLUMBIA gave into him completely. Now the students M UST take over to get their institutions to beef up.
Tariffs , immigration, firings--all of academia needs to fight.
But I suspect there will be many more poorly endowed are going to fail and fall. They are so dependent on grants and other government funding programs to survive. This is going to be sad.

Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

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