Sentence examples for points of universities from inspiring English sources

"One of the points of universities is to stand outside commercial society, and as a result we're very free to criticize commercial society," Professor Sperber said.

Academic interest in Dr Wolfram's ideas has probably not been encouraged by his deep and abiding personal distaste for mainstream education".You have to ask, what's the point of universities today?" he wonders.

"I found that the best way to do interesting intellectual stuff is to have a company that's successful enough to pay for it," he says.What's the point of universities today?

If you're working in a subject-area you love (the whole point of universities, surely?), you'll find yourself working alongside people who are equally knowledgeable about the thing you love most.

"The whole point of universities is to equip people with the skills to learn," adds Jay.

"The point of university is to build an intellectual armoury.

"The whole point of university is the degree, isn't it?

Like the High School basketball stars who forgo college to join the pros straight away, these young programmers are starting to question the point of university.

They prevent students from being forced into jobs that would compromise their academic achievement, which is, after all, the main point of university.

Nevertheless, one in the group says he wants to become a policeman and doesn't see the point of university beforehand.

Which I guess is the whole point of university!