Edison and Einstein had hopeless academic records. Edison only received a 6th grade formal education, while Einstein ended up working as a patent clerk. Scholarship, then, is relative, as Einstein would have put it. We often forget that earning a college or university degree, regardless of the prestige of the issuing institution, does not necessarily translate into attained knowledge for the graduate. Some of the accredited universities produce mediocre graduates while a small community college may produce a scholar.
True knowledge is based upon continued education in one's lifetime.