"...Numismatics is more than just knowledge acquisition and numismatists should consider upping their expectations of what is and what is not a formal educational class. Educational classes should be more than "data dumps," where the instructor tells everything he knows about the 1793 chain cent or the tetradrachmas of Vonones II."

"...All of the numismatic educational programs designed for elementary, middle- or high school students, worthy as they may be at that level, advance the goal of coins in the college classroom not one iota."

"... At some level of informal learning, it may very well be the case that attending a seminar about selling your coins on eBay is an educational event. But if the goal of numismatists is to become acceptable as an academic discipline at the post-secondary level, then they must also have a record of presenting educational classes that are more formal in scope and design."

"...Numismatic organizations (should) consider de-emphasizing grading classes and investment seminars as educational events worthy of consideration as numismatic scholarship. These commercial classes, while making money for the organizations sponsoring them, do nothing to enhance the academic credentials of numismatics, while going far to validate higher education's preconception that numismatics is only concerned with a coin's monetary value and investment potential. A single class on numismatic methodology and research methods would far outweigh the long-term value of the hundreds of grading classes that have so far been presented in the name of higher education."

"...If numismatics is a hobby, then anyone indeed can teach a given class or subject. But if numismatics is to ever have academic rigor, then it must recognized that being a numismatic expert does not necessarily make one a numismatic educator."