In England, coffeehouses were dubbed penny-universities, because for the admission price of one cent, a person could sit and be edified all day long by scholars, merchants, travelers, community leaders, gossips, and poets.

Leah Hager Cohen
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For the admission price of one cent, a person could sit and be edified all day long by scholars, merchants, travelers, community leaders, gossips, and poets. The word "university" is derived from the Latin word "universitas", which means "a whole" or "the whole." It was first used as a reference to the University of Bologna in 1088. The word "university" has been used to refer to higher education since the 1400s.

Source: Glass, Paper, Beans: Revolutions On The Nature And Value Of Ordinary Things

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