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Academies or madrassas

28 September 2019

9:00 AM

28 September 2019

9:00 AM

Whether our universities have ever lived up to their lofty ideals is difficult to say. What is clear is that the gap between aspiration and reality has rarely been as great as it is today. Of course, in making judgements such as these, there is always the risk of falling into the trap of ‘declinism,’ which elevates a distant and rosily remembered past over the jarring reality of the present.

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