The political rhetoric that irritates Eric Kaler
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University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler tells The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead what he thinks of politicians' criticism of higher education, its perceived bias and its cost:
“I think that’s probably some of the most dangerous demagoguery out there. I don’t know any problem that is better tackled by having less-educated people work on it.”
He also offers one quip:
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“People tell me, ‘Well, Steve Jobs didn’t graduate from college,' Well, that’s true, but I bet a whole lot of people who work for Apple went to college.”
(I definitely see what he means, but I do wonder whether some people might draw the wrong conclusion from that statement.)