The industry's primary business partners — school systems and universities, the so-called formal market - are notoriously slow to change.

该行业的主要业务合作伙伴是学校体系和大学，也就是所谓的正规市场，而这个市场的变革速度之慢令人发指。

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Once in writing, universities are obligated to deal with a complaint in a more formal manner than if it is made verbally.

一旦有书面投诉，学校有责任用比处理口头投诉更正规的方式进行处理。

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As a kind of formal knowledge organization, universities need knowledge creation.

大学作为一个正式知识组织必然需要知识创造的过程。

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Shortly after the speech, Mr. Karzai issued a formal decree banning foreign forces from entering Afghan universities and detaining students.

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Both sides have now adopted the idea of a royal charter - a formal document used to set up bodies such as universities and the BBC - but there are key differences between the two plans.

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One of the hardest puzzles for mass higher education is how to make those universities that are not part of some such elite, whether formal or informal, concentrate on their students' needs rather than their own position in a pecking order based on research.

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