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SEVERAL months ago, Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, President of the Board of Education, made the important announcement that the Government had decided to appoint Commissions to inquire into the position of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. At both Universities the existing resources have proved inadequate to meet the increased cost of maintenance of the various departments, and the authorities of each independently applied to the Government for financial aid. It was understood that in due course comprehensive inquiries into the whole resources of the Universities and their colleges, and the use made of them, would be instituted; and preliminary grants of 30,000l. to each University-were accepted on this condition. With reconstruction in the air and Government inquiries in the fashion, it is not surprising, therefore, that a Royal Commission (under the chairmanship of Mr. Asquith), with separate Committees for Oxford and Cambridge, and a further Committee dealing with estate management, has now been appointed to inquire into the financial resources of the two Universities and of the colleges, into the administration and application of these resources, Into the government of the Universities, and into the relation of the colleges to the Universities and to each other.
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The Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge . Nature 104, 329–330 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104329a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104329a0