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JumpCrisscross11/20/20243 repliesview on HN

> purpose of the university is ostensibly to provide an education

One of the purposes. They’re also centres for learning and research and repositories of knowledge.


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bigstrat200311/20/2024

I disagree. I think teaching is the sole purpose of a university. Research is ancillary to that, and if an organization only did research but didn't teach I would not say they get to call themselves a university any more.

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tdeck11/20/2024

If they were spending the money on those things, this might be an argument. But they're not spending it; they're hoarding it.

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beeboobaa611/20/2024

Also known as education

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