How were universities run, and how did students learn?

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The Answer is Answer would ideally include the following. Universities often began as schools connected to monasteries and cathedrals. Each university's curriculum differed from that of other universities in content and duration, but for the most part, students learned by memorizing masters' lectures because books were expensive. Technically, masters and students were considered clerics; thus they were exempt from secular courts and enjoyed other special privileges. Students paid for their education and often sought out especially popular teachers.

How Were Universities Run, and How Did Students Learn