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TIL that the original, as in first and oldest, western university, namely Bologna, was student-run.

According to Wikipedia, students “hired and paid for the teachers [and] ran everything—a fact that often put teachers under great pressure and disadvantage".

Not sure about the right balance between students and faculty running the show, but completely student-run would certainly today’s ⋅administrator-run⋅ shit show, so let's just go back to the roots and take it from there?
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Count Buchla · 6w
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