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An interesting summary of legislators’ educational backgrounds is found at the Chronicle today. It would probably be a little more credible if it did not describe Maryland as having a full time legislature. (Our General Assembly only meets in regular session for 90 days of the year, though it is busy enough passing new laws that the body may seem like a year-round operation.)

A large number of our state officials apparently hail from College Park. How many of them were shown the value of having a flagship stand for excellence in the state is unclear, but obviously not all ‘got it’ judging by policies which treat all state campuses the same. Many officials appear as having post-Bac education as well, but by observation this is increasingly from their obtaining law degrees. The state is rapidly distancing itself from its citizen-legislature roots.