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Historian Peter Jones on the first European universities, different models of the education regulation and the proliferation of universities at the end of the Middle Ages.

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'The students in Bologna produce constitutions which are fascinating. For example, a professor may not leave town without the student corporation's permission, they have to leave a kind of deposit. Are you going to leave Bologna? Well, then we need a sum of money to make sure that you come back. Professors cannot miss classes, otherwise they'll be fined by the students, so the students really have the power. The students also have the power to hire and fire the professors.'

Peter Jones, PhD in History, University of Tyumen

Education in the Middle Ages: serious-science.org/education-in-the-middle-ages-10530
Liberal Arts Education: serious-science.org/liberal-arts-education-10545

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