Modern Spread
From the early modern period onwards, the university gradually spread from the medieval Latin west across the globe, eventually replacing all other higher-learning institutions and becoming the preeminent institution for higher education everywhere. This process occurred in the following chronological order:
- Western Europe (since 11th/12th century)
- Eastern Europe (since 14th/15th century)
- Americas (since 16th century)
- Australia (since 19th century)
- Asia and Africa (since 19th/20th century), except in the Philippines where University of Santo Tomas and San Carlos University were established in 17th and 16th century respectively.
Read more about this topic: List Of Oldest Universities In Continuous Operation
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“We Irish, born into that ancient sect
But thrown upon this filthy modern tide
And by its formless spawning fury wrecked,
Climb to our proper dark, that we may trace
The lineaments of a plummet-measured face.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“yet it seems
Life scarce can cast a fragrance on the wind,
Scarce spread a glory to the morning beams,
But the torn petals strew the garden plot;
And there’s but common greenness after that.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)