In some universities the authorities have delayed registration of students for the new academic year.
Many business-school administrators think some universities have indeed been lax in their admissions procedures.
The critics have a point: some universities get good grades because they attract the best students.
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David Colquhoun, a pharmacology professor at University College London, has shamed some universities into ending alternative courses.
Some universities may continue to ask those applying to study medicine, for example, to complete additional tests.
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Some universities already provide more up-market facilities, such as superior meeting and study areas, for MBA students.
During Hurricane Sandy, some universities sent 17% of their messages by phone, 37% by text, and 46% by email.
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This takes into account of bursaries and fee waivers already announced, although some universities may still offer further student support.
Some universities may be tempted to gamble on weaker institutions being unable to fill their places at the new higher prices.
There have also been claims that some universities, struggling to fill places, are having to launch advertising campaigns to recruit students.
Does it want to recognise that some universities are better than others?
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In the U.S., some universities and corporate laboratories are conducting research on "bioprinting, " or artificial construction of body parts using living human tissue.
Some universities have dropped big deals in favour of subscriptions to a few key journals, topped up by pay-per-view downloads of individual articles.
Some universities, including Moglen's Columbia, are also attacking what might be called the low end of the market as well as the high end.
While some universities offer full rides to qualified students, Kantrowitz estimates that only 200 U.S. students receive full scholarships from outside donors each year.
The purpose of any TCO (or Technology License Office, TLO, as some universities call them) is to create as much commercialization success as possible.
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Some universities are considerably better off than others but mergers would also lead to considerable rationalisation for staff and departments, as well as vice-chancellors.
The group said some universities failed to uphold gender equality rules.
However it suggests that some universities will face such a cut.
In Kenya, for example, where we have a partnership with I-HAB, and funding from the World Bank, some universities now have courses on the use of mobiles.
Some universities saw their donations fall and the average level of donations received by individual universities fell, suggesting that while some universities did very well, others did not.
Critics of Chile's higher-education system say that some universities connive at, or even encourage, this ignorance, using a high first-year intake to finance their thinly populated later years.
Last year there was no limit on places for applicants who achieved AAB grades - and while it meant expansion in some universities, it meant unfilled places in others.
But, especially if the government succumbs to pressure to reduce the maximum fee, there might also come a point when some universities will wonder whether it is worth the candle.
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Some universities have already introduced them, others are pondering.
For a subject such as economics, applicants might have an A grade in A-level economics, but some universities might also require pupils to have a high grade at maths A-level as well.
The Cleveland Clinic deal, along with a somewhat different arrangement at the Mayo, the Mayo Clinic Care Network, suggests a way for some universities to expand their footprint without building new campuses .
The constraints mean some universities are getting creative.
Those confirmations have been delayed, however, because some universities did not set tuition rates until late this summer, which pushed back their ability to send enrollment certifications to the agency, according to a Veterans Affairs spokesman.
While many students are taking the next few weeks off for the holidays, Allen is, at this moment, in Tanzania, where he will be working with some universities on implementing the tools he so strongly advocates.
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