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. He or his handlers did choose the Colorado School of Mines for a reason, most likely being his appeal to college age voters, and his need to win Colorado.
Belittling? No....it's what you said above. BTW (there's one I do know ), the Columbia forum was on CNN and FOX, a few times.
BTW (there's one I do know ), the Columbia forum was on CNN and FOX, a few times.
Well I missed it. Don't watch Fox, and I didn't see it on CNN. And so what? It was still campaining. It all is. Barack is a busy man. He's not doing community organizing any more, he's running for president.
The point is, the Ivy League is not the only place that gets good speakers. That's a part of college life.
Re: Goldman-Sachs, etc-The CEO of Lehman Bros was a Univesity of Colorado graduate. There were more CU grads at Lehman than at any of the other big financial firms (this according to a local NPR station). My nephew graduated from CU's business school, and said "Thank goodness I didn't go to work for Lehman". Just an aside.
I am not sure what point you're trying to make here? Your reasoning is a bit convoluted here.
Point being, where the CEO went to college has a lot to do with who gets hired.
That is both empirically and factually incorrect. All you need to do is review the recruitment calendars of these firms to know exactly how little CEO's schooling impacts the hiring.
I do not know about CEO's schooling- it may give bragging rights to students and nothing more.
In my jobs in a consulting company and in a products company (early in my career), I was "sent" to my alma mater to recruit good candidates. This was very typical becuase the potential students could relate to a graduate of the school and I could assess the students and even talk to the profs. about the good fit candidates. Something that traditional recruiter could not do. I have definately seen bias in recruiting. Eg. My ex-Boss who was from Columbia always sent people from west coast to NYC to hire from Columbia even though he could find lot of good candidates locally.
An Ivy League school is a special place. They have some of the best and brightest students and faculty in the country. Not to mention the networking. I went to a state university that I'm proud of, and I will always support them. But the schools of the Ivy League are special. Lots of pretentious people com out of there. But nevertheless, Attending an Ivy League school is a rare opportunity that should be taken advantage of.
I think being pretentious may be a stereotype of the Ivies. However, the reality is that pretentious people are also found attending state schools. In addition, you have to remember that the majority of Ivy students get financial aid! I went to Columbia and I did not come across any more pretentious students than in the University in Australia that I attended for graduate school.
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), the Columbia forum was on CNN and FOX, a few times.