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Universities are part of a small set of core institutions, that have shaped Western society since its emergence as a distinctive entity in early modern times. Others are companies, state councils, schools, churches and the nuclear family. The university's original contribution to Western society is in the nurturing of free intellectual debate, and highly valued vocational education. Over time the university has on account of these basic attributes also got an important part in the development of science and technology. As other core institutions the model of the Western university has spread and taken on new forms elsewhere.
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Van Der Wusten, H. (1998). A Warehouse of Precious Goods. In: van der Wusten, H. (eds) The Urban University and its Identity. The GeoJournal Library, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5184-9_1
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