What is the matter with universities is that the students are school c…

George Bernard Shaw
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What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (1993). The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929, Viking Adult
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What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults. ✨ George Bernard Shaw (1993). The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929, Viking Adult

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