Britain has a well-respected higher education system and some of the top universities and research institutions in the world.

英国的高等教育体系备受推崇，拥有一些世界一流的大学和研究机构。

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Some 3600 institutions of higher education have been accredited (only a small minority fail to gain accreditation) on the basis of four factors.

然而，全美有3600所大学都在以下四方面获得了认证(只有极少数大学未能获得认证)。

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It has, to some extent, minimized the actual effect of quality education in higher learning institutions.

这在一定程度上消解了高校素质教育的实际功效。

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The funding body is due to contact higher education institutions in the UK, some of which already have online study facilities, asking them for feedback on the plans.

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Over the past several decades, hordes of for-profit institutions have sprung up to capture the excess demand for higher education in the market, making some insiders very wealthy in the process.

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