Thread: Qualified?

Originally Posted by Homer

Not to stir anything up again between the haves and have nots, here is an interesting piece I came across today.



John Kallam graduated with a BA in criminology and entered the U.S. Army. He served for 20 years beginning in the late 1930's. He was an investigator during the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals, and stayed in Germany for many years organizing civilian police forces in the post-war era. He also wrote numerous books on criminal justice. He retired from military service in the late 1950's at the rank of full colonel.
Returning to Fresno, California, he began teaching criminology at what was then Fresno State College. (Later to become the California State University, Fresno.) His work was well respected, but after about ten years of service, he was called to see the president of the college.
He was informed that he could no longer teach with just a bachelor's degree. Times were changing, he was told, and the school demanded that faculty members hold a graduate degree. Merely having 20 years of distinguished experience was no longer considered sufficient qualification to teach. All new faculty were being required to hold a doctorate, it was explained, and the school was actually doing him a favor by letting him keep his job by getting "only" a master's degree.
So John enrolled in a summer program at an out of state college. Three months of intensive seminars and then nine months of home study would get him his MA.
On the first day of class, the instructor was taking roll. He stopped when he read John's name. "Are you related to the John Kallam who wrote the textbook we'll be using?" he asked.
"I am the John Kallam who wrote the textbook you're using," came the dry response.

They probably just wanted rid of him & didn't expect him to stick the course.

Times are changing - really means - you're getting old.

Nice story.

Pity it's not true. If there's a Criminology text by a John Kallam then my name is Bob and I collect Medieval relief’s of bass fishing

Good post, Homer.

It seems sad that people think a piece of paper outweighs experience in a given field.

Their loss.

...and that's the rest of the story. Join me, Paul Harvey, tomorrow at the same time for more unbelievable urban mythology.