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The ten major differences between the Medieval/Renaissance University and matriculation into college, in fact, were: gender, availability, language, curriculum focus, study/work expectation, finances, instruction/tutorial, testing/exams, overall function in society, and post-graduation expectations. These are outlined in Table 1.

Issue

Medieval/Renaissance

Modern

Gender Roles

Males only, students and faculty

Male dominated until late 19th, early 20th century

Educational Availability

For only the very wealthy or those with a patron or scholarship

Post-World War II available to the masses

Languages

Most courses taught in Latin; classical languages emphasized for educated classes

With the exception of foreign languages; typically taught in the vernacular of the locale

Curriculum Focus

Religion or Law' Bachelor's took six years, and 12 additional for MA or PhD; students often started at 14, though, so were middle aged when graduated.

Multidimensional; including cross-disciplinary and societal-based studies (e.g. gender studies, etc.)

Study/Work Expectations

School was full time, students expected to live on stipend and spend time studying, attending lectures, reading, and discussing ideas.

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Classes began at dawn, 5-6am; lased at least 10 hours per day.

For many, past-High School education is a right of passage toward adulthood; rarely do American students not work and go to school; those that attend Oxford, etc. have different expectations. Coursework divided into quarters or semesters by hours assigned per course.

Finances

Based very individually -- but no public or formalized financial aid.

Post-World War II, GI Bill, student loans, grants, and other government and non-government subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Most recently, accounts set up during infancy to pay for college.

Instruction/Tutorials

Instruction based on classics; typically courses offered based on books, not on subject or theme and not elective. Once a book, say.....

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