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

[Anonymous]

PhD

It requires original research and publication. Vocational doctorates are trained to learn a job, they aren't really contributing anything new in terms of human knowledge. Highly educated people have had to go through the grinder of having to advance or provide something new to human knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Terminal degree

[Anonymous]

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

What they really mean is White and UMC. Degree optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I think a lot of education degrees are designed for people who work full time and just want the degree to move up some salary scale or get a different title (not really for the education). As a consequence, they are not rigorous at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

What they really mean is White and UMC. Degree optional.

You don't have too much of a chip on your shoulder, do you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

What they really mean is White and UMC. Degree optional.

You don't have too much of a chip on your shoulder, do you?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

What they really mean is White and UMC. Degree optional.

You don't have too much of a chip on your shoulder, do you?

Please. Are you new here?

[Anonymous]

If you can tell me when the two WWs started and ended. In Europe that would mean most people are highly educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PhD. JD and MD are professional degrees, kind of like vocational school.

A PhD isn't a professional degree. I think you meant MBA.

A PhD is highly educated.
JD and MD are professional degrees, almost like vocational school.
MBA is just a bunch of people who network. Nothing remotely intellectual about an MBA.

[Anonymous]

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

Yes. Yes there is. DC has nothing on some of the other places. But people come here and think they have made it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PhD. JD and MD are professional degrees, kind of like vocational school.

A PhD isn't a professional degree. I think you meant MBA.

You missed the period after PhD.

[Anonymous]

Top undergrad and/or top grad school, with the definition of top being a little squishy.

[Anonymous]

I’m interested so googled.

https://heytutor.com/resources/blog/the-most-educated-cities-in-the-us/

It uses total years of education, and compares to income. It shows highly educated / high income cities have a high concentration of science, engineering and tech. Probably not DCUM’s definition which l think means PhD, JD, MD. #1 small city is Cambridge, #1 large city is Arlington and #5 is Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Further down it shows the most educated large cities, with Seattle #1 and DC #2. Not going to read further to see why they have 2 different large city lists though!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Graduate school from a school that’s at least somewhat competitive.

Sorry, not sorry. Your view is extremely elitist.