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MIT M. I. T. says that 75percent % of the freshman freshmen come there with a strong influence interest and involvement * in the arts.

Modern universities develop developed from those of Europe in the middle agesMiddle Ages. The word " university" came from the Latin universities. * universitas, describing a group of people organize organized for a common perps*purpose.

" Collegecome " came from cooegialcollegium, a Latin word with the a similar meaning. In England, colleges were form formed to provide students with a place places to live. Usually , each group was studying in the same fain*thing. So college came to mean an area of study.

The first american American universities divided their studies into a number of area areas and called each one a college. This is still true.

A college can also be a part of a university. For example, Harvard college College is the undergraduate part of the Harvard University. Programs in the higher learning can also be called schools, like a school of engineering or a medical school within a college or university. You know, learning all these terms is an education in itself.

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