He routinely answered letters and e-mail from schoolchildren and college students and happily tangled with younger, less credentialed critics who challenged him.
Jackson was perceived as less charismatic than his father and less credentialed than his predecessor, but his family pedigree was expected to help him politically.
He could be stubborn and demanding — once insisting on a "Lou Piniella clause" in his contract, ensuring that he would make more than Piniella, the Yankees' less-credentialed manager — but he considered himself Mr. Rogers compared with some of his employers.
Since there's some kind of conservation principle here, the fact that it's easier for people with less formal credentials to get heard means that people who have those credentials are less guaranteed of respectful treatment.
The student is not considered a likely enrollee, and the school prefers to admit the student with less impressive credentials who has attended open house, written to an admissions officer that College X is his first choice, and met with an alum rep at his local college fair.
Graduates of more prestigious institutions have an advantage when competing with people who have less prestigious credentials in the same field, but a person's specific skills have the greatest effect on earnings. .
The master trainer, who leads the trainers' ranks in France so often that it's hard to keep count, will send Méandre, a 4-year-old triple Group 1 winner, and Masterstroke, a 3-year-old with slightly less-illustrious credentials, out to play on Sunday.
They may also seek to diminish others as less prepared, credentialed or experienced.
Many have less than stellar credentials.
Others are newer, smaller institutions with less reliable academic credentials.
