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[rubidium]

Depends on the domain.

Undergrad humanities? Sure a community of professors and books is sufficient.

If it's graduate education in the sciences or engineering, then world class research laboratories are required.

[hopler → rubidium]

Not really. The research is expensive. The education isn't. Grad students are employees of research labs, not guests.