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Universities : Medieval France
2,438 words, approx. 8 pages
. In the Middle Ages, the term for a university was studium or studium generale, with the word universitas referring to the institutional or corporate shell enclosing and regulating the communities of masters and students. The most important university...
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University
1,527 words, approx. 5 pages
institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools and having the authority to confer degrees in various fields of study. A university differs from a college in that it is...
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University
169 words, approx. 1 pages
Institution of higher education, usually comprising a liberal arts and sciences college and graduate and professional schools that confer degrees in various fields. A university differs from a college in that it is usually larger, has a broader...
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University Information
3,479 words, approx. 12 pages
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The...


Quotations
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University Quotes
259 words, approx. 1 pages
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading...


News and Journals
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Restaurants & Institutions
Universities.
09/15/1998: 435 words, approx. 2 pages
Convenient meal plans characterize top-honors university foodservice. Students are finding fewer reasons to skip meals thanks to board-plan upgrades, grab-and-go options and c-stores. "User-friendly" defines new board plans that offer extended hours, carryout options and the flexibility to chow down wherever most...
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The Economist (US)
Universe.
12/22/1990: 804 words, approx. 3 pages
UNIVERSE. By Michael Rowan-Robinson. Longman; 180 pages; 17.95 [British pounds]. W. H. Freeman; $42.95 PEOPLE throughout history have studied the stars and told tales about them, reading portents into their wanderings. Modern astronomy has inherited constellations named by the Greeks and Romans...
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AP News
Evicted sorority sues university
3/28/2007: 257 words, approx. 1 pages
A sorority accused of evicting members based on appearance and popularity sued DePauw University on Wednesday over the school's decision to expel the organization.Delta Zeta, which had been accused of asking only attractive, popular students to remain active members, filed the claim in U.S. District...
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AP News
Astronomers describe violent universe
1/11/2008: 773 words, approx. 3 pages
The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe.The research findings from this week's annual meeting of U.S. astronomers range from blue orphaned baby stars to menacing "rogue" black holes that roam our galaxy."It's an odd universe...
 


Criticism and Essays
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 75%
Understanding Peace - Conflict - Cost of Education and Decrease in Assistance
839 words, approx. 3 pages
The cost of education and the lack of assistance will remain a constant problem in the United States until colleges work out a way to make education inexpensive and teachers receive better working conditions.
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Essay Grade: 83%
Tuitions Up, Scholarships Down
822 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines the dilemma faced by college students of rising tuition costs and decreased scholarships awarded. Provides statistical data on the cost of tuition over the last 10 years. Describes how students and parents can finance the cost of education.


 

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