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by anon25783 867 days ago
> "former Republican governor without a Ph.D" - Are these traits disqualifiers for some reason?

A Ph.D. is a pretty reasonable qualification to expect of a university director.

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Unless you come from the law faculty.
Isn’t that rather splitting hairs as they’d have equivalent degrees?
Well yes and no. A large fraction of law professors don't have academic degrees past JD which despite having 'Doctor' in its name, is not the equivalent of a Phd. On the other hand they likely would have a large number of publications or a significant body of work as a clerk for an important court.
And, in fact, Brian Sandoval does indeed have a law degree.