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Month: April 2020

The purpose of universities

April 24, 2020

Some time ago, I wrote about the purpose of education from the perspective of the individual. Today, I am writing from the perspective of universities. As the primary function of universities is to provide education, we may assume that whichever view or values of education we hold from the perspective of students, we could also … More The purpose of universities

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