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Learning the Hard Way.(trends in higher education)(Column)

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| September 15, 2003 | Kantrowitz, Barbara; Theil, Stefan; Radcliffe, Liat; Nadeau, Barbie; Takayama, Hideko; Mcintyre, Stefanie; Moreau, Ron; Springen, Karen; Krieger, Liz; Margolis, Mac; Lin-Liu, Jen; Mazumdar, Sudip; Seno, Alexandra A. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Rome's La Sapienza university has endured seven centuries of war and political upheaval. But as school begins this fall, students at Europe's largest university face a hardship of a different kind: nowhere to sit. Many of La Sapienza's 180,000 students will attend classes under circus tents hastily erected to accommodate massive overcrowding. Others will study in movie theaters, some of which double as porn houses at night--and are only a slight improvement over--the unfortunate sociology class that met last year in a parking garage. At least they have a roof over their heads; at La Sapienza's law school, with an enrollment of more than 40,000, students must call ahead to ...

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