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THE elevation of University College, Reading, to full university status has naturally led to a certain amount of speculation as to the prospects of other colleges which aim at achieving a like development. A careful survey of the demand for and supply of university education in Great Britain was included in last year's Report of the University Grants Committee, which pointed out that in spite of serious financial distress among the classes from which university students are mainly drawn, in spite of a rise in fees and in personal expenses, there were 56.9 per cent, more full-time students of both sexes at British universities and colleges than before the War. There can, the committee thought, be little doubt that the demand for university education cannot long remain stationary even at this higher level, and that it will continue to grow both in volume and intensity. The growth is, in fact, clearly traceable to causes which are likely to operate in the future with increasing force.
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English Provincial Universities: Demand and Supply. Nature 118, 556–558 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118556a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118556a0