Today's universities

"Universities are fantastic places to gain knowledge on a subject, develop a personal network, explore your character and learn new techniques to approach problems." – A. Bartlett Giamatti

UNIVERSITIES, colleges, schools, academies, institutes, centers — all these are various spaces for academic study. How is "study" in universities? What exactly is "study" as a basic university function? Has this basic function changed? Does it approach what Bartlett Giamatti says what universities are? Angelo Bartlett Giamatti (April 4, 1938 – Sept. 1, 1989) was an American professor of English Renaissance literature and president of Yale University.

Top Philippine universities. In our times, we refer to universities as institutions of higher learning providing facilities for teaching and creating knowledge through research. However, university as a title, is also used where research, if not minimally conducted, is almost nil. To date, "there are 2,300 listed colleges and universities in the Philippines — most of which are privately-funded. The country's premier university is its national state university, the University of the Philippines, recognized worldwide to be one of the top caliber institutions." (Google, Nov. 10, 2021). There are 436 state universities and colleges in the Philippines (including satellite campuses). "Despite the slump in their overall rankings, the Philippines' big four were among the top 500 universities worldwide in terms of "employer reputation": UP placed 226th; Ateneo, 239th; DLSU, 329th; and UST, 446th (https://globalnation.inquirer.net/196906/phs-big-4-in-world-university-ranking-2-fall-2-stay-in-place), according to the newest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings for 2022.