ABSTRACT
The townspeople, themselves, could provoke a great deal of aggression among the students and/or professors, but, also, conversely, the townspeople might become exasperated by the arrogant and, in their eyes, overly protected rich kids. A university within the walls of a city was assumed to attract a large number of consumers, with large benefits for urban community. The prestige of an institution of higher education reflected also on the citizens of that city. In addition to the personal development of the students and the professional training of future civil servants and other professionals, universities were starting to pay much more attention to innovative scientific research. In the nineteenth and twentieth century the universities played an important role in the search for identity of emerging nations. On a large scale, universities paid attention to the historical past, the language and culture of their country, and to its place in political and cultural Europe.
