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SCOUT· 21%1h 00m·2026-10-21·HistoryCan Universities Survive? The Thousand-Year Story Part 2
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Today’s episode is the second part of David's conversation with historian William Whyte about how universities have survived for nearly a thousand years and whether they can last much longer. How did the industrial revolution change what universities were for? Why did the attempt by French and Russian revolutionaries…
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