- Nov 2017
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engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu
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In the education of youth, provision is to be made for 1. tuition. 2 diet. 3. lodging. 4. government: and 5. honorary excitements.
This line states what services and amenities are provided for the benefit of the students. I understand how 2-5 are supplied to students to ensure that they get a proper education.I know that tuition is for the benefit of the professors, to give them income for their service. However, I am confused about who pays tuition in this situation, is it the students or the government and donors?
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To enlighten them with mathematical and physical sciences which advance the arts & administer to the health, the subsistence & comforts of human life:
It's interesting to see that currently the University still values this principle. UVA continues the study of mathematical and physical sciences as well as medicine. It has its own medical school and hospital.I personally believe that these skills highlighted in the report are important for making well rounded individuals.
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- Oct 2017
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engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu
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In this enquiry they supposed that the governing considerations should be the healthiness of the site, the fertility of the neighbouring country, and it’s centrality to the white population of the whole state
I wonder what they mean by 'healthiness of the site", do they literally mean the physical characteristics of the site or the lack of things they determine as below them. When I say 'below them', I'm referring to black people and white people who don't fit into their ideology. What characteristics are apart of a growing and successful community in their eyes? I do understand why they would want to put the university central to a white population, because white men were the only ones allowed to attend this university.
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within the powers of a single professor.
I found it interesting that the education initially provided was so limited. All of the courses could be taught by one professor, meaning there is no diversity. You could learn either math or science, with a language. This shows the viewpoint of most scholars back then, the only meaningful careers were in math or science. The humanities were seen as below math and science.
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