Scrutiny of her doctoral dissertation will make ‘Dr. Jill Biden’ wish she had stuck with ‘Mrs. Biden

[mystery-ak]

December 17, 2020
Scrutiny of her doctoral dissertation will make ‘Dr. Jill Biden’ wish she had stuck with ‘Mrs. Biden’
By Thomas Lifson

The real scandal around Joe Biden’s second wife wanting to be called “Dr. Jill Biden” is not that people like Whoopi Goldberg incorrectly assume that she is a physician and recommend her for the position of surgeon general. The real scandal is that the title is handed out to people who can’t produce scholarly work, as exemplified by the pathetic “dissertation/executive position paper” that Jill Biden “submitted to the Faculty of the University of Delaware in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education with a major in Educational Leadership.”

The problems with the 33,000-word document begin on the title page with the label “dissertation/executive position paper.” Why the hedging with two labels? Back in the late 1970s when I researched and wrote my 1978 PhD thesis, I was told that the criterion was an original contribution to scholarly knowledge. (Strangely, I can find no reference to this concept in the latest guidelines published by Harvard for the PhD degree, much less for the Ed.D.) I suppose that calling her essay an “executive position paper” entirely disposes of the requirement of actual production of knowledge.

As it happens, no less an authority that her husband went on the record as to the real motivation for Mrs. Biden wanting to acquire a doctorate, and it wasn’t any devotion to expanding the body of scholarly knowledge, or even writing an executive position paper. Robin Abcarian of the Los Angeles Times wrote in early 2009:

    Joe Biden, on the campaign trail, explained that his wife’s desire for the highest degree was in response to what she perceived as her second-class status on their mail.

    “She said, ‘I was so sick of the mail coming to Sen. and Mrs. Biden. I wanted to get mail addressed to Dr. and Sen. Biden.’ That’s the real reason she got her doctorate,” he said.

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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/12/scrutiny_of_her_doctoral_dissertation_will_make_dr_jill_biden_wish_she_had_stuck_with_mrs_biden.html

[mystery-ak]

‘Jill Biden’s Doctoral Dissertation Is Our National Shame’: Tucker Carlson Assigns A Failing Grade To Biden College Paper




Scott Morefield
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December 16, 2020 10:31 PM ET
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson highlighted parts of the dissertation Jill Biden wrote to obtain her doctorate in education during a Wednesday night segment on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”

Biden, the wife of President-elect Joe Biden, became a hot topic of discussion after a Wall Street Journal columnist wrote an op-ed suggesting she stop using the “doctor” credential in favor of “First Lady.”

Conservatives like Ben Shapiro, Carlson, and others have panned the title as pretentious coming from a non-medical-doctor and a doctor of education at that, while supporters have insisted that Biden should continue using the term. Biden’s 2007 dissertation, however, came under especially heavy scrutiny this week after a viral Twitter thread highlighted poor math and writing errors.

“So, contrary to what you may have read, Dr. Jill Biden is not a healer,” Carlson panned. “She’s not allowed to write prescriptions. She wouldn’t know what to do with your appendix. Dr. Jill has an education degree from some school in Delaware and you’re supposed to find that highly impressive.”

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/16/jill-biden-doctoral-dissertation-tucker-carlson-national-shame/

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Tucker Carlson's Brutal Takedown of 'Dr.' Jill Biden's Dissertation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/12/17/tucker-carlsons-brutal-takedown-on-dr-jill-bidens-dissertation-n2581721

[PeteS in CA]

The old joke that "PHD" means "Piled High and Deep" is again proven true.

[mountaineer]

Get an Ed.D. in specially-marked boxes of Cracker Jack!

Tucker Carlson calls Jill Biden 'borderline illiterate' and 'not very bright' because of 'typos everywhere' in Ph.D. dissertation that got her 'the same degree as Dr Pepper'

    Fox News host Tucker Carlson again mocked Jill Biden for using 'Dr.' honorific 
    Carlson said Jill Biden was 'borderline illiterate' and 'not very bright'
    He cited Jill's 2006 Ph.D. dissertation, which he said was 'full of typos'
    That year, Jill Biden earned a doctorate in education from University of Delaware
    Earlier this week, a Wall Street Journal op-ed said she should drop 'Dr.' honorific
    Joseph Epstein argued that 'Dr.' should be used for someone who's a physician
    Op-ed prompted backlash with Journal being accused of sexism and misogyny

By Ariel Zilber and Valerie Edwards and Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com
Published: 22:33 EST, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 00:16 EST, 17 December 2020  ...

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