Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment, so-called, changed the universities after the French Revolution and the accompanying wave of anti-clericalism did harm to the theological core of the courses. The new universities were Liberal. They relied on investigation rather than instruction, learning for learning's sake and were well apart from both the Church and the State. AU questions were regarded as open questions and besides being highly selective in their courses there was great freedom for students and staff which resulted in making the curriculum to fit the wishes of the student. In this type of university the function of the teacher as pastor of his students disappeared.

In this century a new university type has appeared as a result of the use of science and the popularity of democracy. There has been an invasion by chemists and engineers and the new university could best be labelled . . .