On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:39:26 -0700, Dr. Bob Wildblood wrote: >I think what it means when the most educated are not also found to >be at least among the wealthiest in a culture is that the people of that >culture value many other things more than knowledge and education.
Is that why the wealthiest make such large donations to colleges and universities? For example: Leonard Stern, #132 on Forbes Billionaire list, NYU BA & MBA, http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Leonard-Stern_LQKX.html NYU Stern School of Business http://www.stern.nyu.edu/ David Gerren, #49 on Forbes Billionaire list, UT-Austin Dropout http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/54/400list08_David-Geffen_ES8B.html UCLA Davd Geffen School of Medicine http://dgsom.healthsciences.ucla.edu/ And so on. Not to mention the number of these people who serve as trustees and on the boards of colleges and universities (e.g., at NYU Kenneth Langone whose donation got him the medical center named after him; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Langone ). More ruthless opportunism and machiavellism or some other form of cynicism trying to make up for inadequacies in other areas or a sincere expression of their values? I'm sure that college administrators don't care as long as they get the money. I wonder how much William James paid Harvard to get that hall named after him? -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu Mike Palij wrote: >If it is reasonable to expect Nobel prize winners to have advanced academic >degrees, why isn't it reasonable to expect that the richest people in a >society should also have an over representation of people with advanced >academic degrees? Being among the richest people in a society also confer >enormous power in other areas (e.g., political power, media influence, etc.) >as well as influence over the lives of >millions of people ... >If Ph.D.s and other advanced degrees are not overrepresented in the richest >segment of a society what does that say about intellect and its cultivation >and the attainment of power and influence in a society? --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
