What does “highly-educated” mean in DCUM parlance?

[Anonymous]

I hear people on DCUM describe themselves this way. Define which degrees this includes & format of degrees (I would think no online degrees?).

[Anonymous]

I interpret this as meaning a graduate level education or Phd. To include Law Schools, MBA programs and the like.

I would generally assume the above is from an accredited university/graduate school program. The higher the ranking the more prestigious and difficult to attain.

[Anonymous]

I saw posts recently that described a city as being “highly-educated” due to its hospital presence and I thought to myself, no. I don’t consider nurses, nurse practitioners or PAs to be highly educated. Hospital admins usually have degree mill MBAs. Now the doctors are obviously highly educated!

[Anonymous]

DCUM mean's advanced degrees but I mean when I talk to someone they know more than me, rare.... but it happens.

Someone can be highly-educated on counter intelligence... or on agricultural affairs or in finance... but not have advanced degrees.... but that is not what DCUM means.

[Anonymous]

JD or PhD

[Anonymous]

At least some graduate school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw posts recently that described a city as being “highly-educated” due to its hospital presence and I thought to myself, no. I don’t consider nurses, nurse practitioners or PAs to be highly educated. Hospital admins usually have degree mill MBAs. Now the doctors are obviously highly educated!

You know NP/PA school is an intense 3 years and then you have ongoing education as well. And they're competitive programs to get into. I have a Harvard MBA and consider myself "highly educated" an absolutely think my PA friends are at least as or more highly educated than me.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea what DCUM consider to be “highly educated” but, to me it implies someone who was raised exposed to books and a variety of reading material. Someone who knows history (not deeply like a scholar, but enough to know past facts and how they affect us and their implications). Someone who can read critically.

In essence, to me a formal high education (Master, PHD or even college) means that person is highly educated. One could have only a high school diploma and work at 7-11, but if that person was raised by thoughtful parents and likes to read a variety of things from a variety of sources, that person can be considered highly educated.

Of course, a formal high education USUALLY (but not always) makes it easier to achieve that as to get there you MUST acquire knowledge and read, and, most importantly, you have the opportunity to discourse and argue ideas and different theories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw posts recently that described a city as being “highly-educated” due to its hospital presence and I thought to myself, no. I don’t consider nurses, nurse practitioners or PAs to be highly educated. Hospital admins usually have degree mill MBAs. Now the doctors are obviously highly educated!

You know NP/PA school is an intense 3 years and then you have ongoing education as well. And they're competitive programs to get into. I have a Harvard MBA and consider myself "highly educated" an absolutely think my PA friends are at least as or more highly educated than me.

Yeah that person is a fool. PA school is quite difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea what DCUM consider to be “highly educated” but, to me it implies someone who was raised exposed to books and a variety of reading material. Someone who knows history (not deeply like a scholar, but enough to know past facts and how they affect us and their implications). Someone who can read critically.

In essence, to me a formal high education (Master, PHD or even college) DOESN’t *means that person is highly educated. One could have only a high school diploma and work at 7-11, but if that person was raised by thoughtful parents and likes to read a variety of things from a variety of sources, that person can be considered highly educated.

Of course, a formal high education USUALLY (but not always) makes it easier to achieve that as to get there you MUST acquire knowledge and read, and, most importantly, you have the opportunity to discourse and argue ideas and different theories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least some graduate school.

Disagree. I have a masters in education. Dcum would not consider me highly educated, and I don’t either.

Not all graduate school is equal. My program was a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw posts recently that described a city as being “highly-educated” due to its hospital presence and I thought to myself, no. I don’t consider nurses, nurse practitioners or PAs to be highly educated. Hospital admins usually have degree mill MBAs. Now the doctors are obviously highly educated!

You know NP/PA school is an intense 3 years and then you have ongoing education as well. And they're competitive programs to get into. I have a Harvard MBA and consider myself "highly educated" an absolutely think my PA friends are at least as or more highly educated than me.

PA school yes. NP schools are online.

[Anonymous]

Is there a major city other than DC that you could refer to as highly educated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I saw posts recently that described a city as being “highly-educated” due to its hospital presence and I thought to myself, no. I don’t consider nurses, nurse practitioners or PAs to be highly educated. Hospital admins usually have degree mill MBAs. Now the doctors are obviously highly educated!

You know NP/PA school is an intense 3 years and then you have ongoing education as well. And they're competitive programs to get into. I have a Harvard MBA and consider myself "highly educated" an absolutely think my PA friends are at least as or more highly educated than me.

Yeah that person is a fool. PA school is quite difficult.

But that’s the point. No matter how educated a nurse or teacher is, they will not be described as “highly educated “.

[Anonymous]

undergrad + grad from T25 schools