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places that charge tuition to teach you the library was free the whole time.
means institutions that grant degrees by combining research, teaching, and credentialing under one very old roof.
from from latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, medieval guilds of masters and students who banded together in bologna around 1088 for legal protection and bargaining power, not enlightenment.
oldest runninguniversity of bologna, founded 1088, still open
tenure originprotects professors from being fired for ideas
harvard endowmentlarger than gdp of over 100 countries
degree inflationjobs now require degrees that didnt exist decades ago
for instance
university of bologna — oldest continuously operating university, italy, 1088
oxford university — older than the aztec empire, teaching since 1096
nalanda — buddhist university in india, thrived 5th to 12th century
harvard — founded 1636, endowment over 50 billion dollars