Actually to the best of my knowledge Slifkin is not “college educated” at all.
Secondly while you may feel that someone would’nt bog their scheduale down with unrelated courses, Rabbi Meisellmen did (and considering his acknowledged brilliance it’s not so hard to understand why).
And it’s extremly hard to argue the fac thatin his book he demonstrates a pretty good knwledge of the subject matters.
In Rabbi Meisellman’s own words “Not only did I attend their lectures, but I also utilized their availability to discuss with them many of the issues that intriged and concerned me. In addition I was part of an intellectually vinrant circle of fellow students who discussed among themselves, at great length, the various issues of “Torah and science” and “:Torah and philosphy”.
So he describes having done exactly what you claim someone would not have done.
So lets see
Rabbi Meiselmann is by all accounts a PhD grad of Cambridge, ( I believe he studied in Harvard as well but he doesn’t mention it. He is also a respected Rosh Yeshivah (Dean) of a talmudical institution.
On the other hand Slifkin is not acedemically trained in anything, nor is was he ever considered a major Torah Scholar until he “invented” his new school of thought.
So I think that in regards to qaulifications, Rabbi Meiselmann has a lot more to put on the resume.