The prize and price of a literary life

by Sandra Levis

(from the Summer 2009 issue)

 

Paste your body copy here. When our university was founded 223 years ago, its chartering legislation declared that "the education of youth ought to be a primary object with every government." More than two cen- turies later, education—of both the young and the not so young—remains our most fundamental mission.

Our enrollment continues to grow and currently stands at about 35,500. In a typical year during the last decade, more than 33,500 students were enrolled in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs offered on Pitt’s five campuses. Those students are drawn from an increasingly talented and accomplished applicant pool.

 

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When our university was founded 223 years ago, its chartering legislation declared that "the education of youth ought to be a primary object with every government." More than two cen- turies ation—of both the young and the not so young—remains our most fundamental mission.

Our enrollment continues to grow and currently stands at about 35,500. In a typical year during the last decade, more than 33,500 students were enrolled in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs offered on Pitt’s five campuses. Those students are drawn from an increasingly talented and accomplished applicant pool.

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This article appears in the Summer 2010 issue of Pittsburgh Quarterly.

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