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To be fair, those are a few exceptions that buck a greater trend of Presidents and lawmakers almost universally attending expensive and prestigious undergrad an
by nicksiscoe 5y ago
To be fair, those are a few exceptions that buck a greater trend of Presidents and lawmakers almost universally attending expensive and prestigious undergrad and graduate institutions
- vehemenz 5y agoPoliticians have to be wealthy and connected, so it's not too surprising that they attend elite institutions. I see it as more of a correlation than a requirement.
- drewcoo 5y agoThat's actually a large amount of recent Presidents because Presidents are such a small group. I'm pretty sure Carter went to a state school. Reagan went to a private school that was certainly not an ivy. We have to dig all the way back to Truman to find a President who never attended to college, so there's definitely "a greater trend of Presidents" to be college-educated.