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Chapter 285 - Academia (2)

But the universities of this era are not like that. Of course, they do train a small number of legal professionals and theologians according to the demands of rulers, but that's all.

Since they didn't exist for productive purposes from the beginning, they're naturally short of money. Also, the knowledge that comes out isn't very practical. Only theology, law, and medicine, which have majors, might be exceptions.

That was the limitation of universities in this era. While not entirely unrelated to modern universities, they differ qualitatively at various points.

What I want is professional education.

No, it doesn't end at simply educating professionals.

We have Knight School and Mechanic School, but they focus on practical education, so to make an analogy, they would be closer to the old Judicial Research and Training Institute than to law schools.

We need an organization of professionals who truly produce knowledge.

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