Nearly 50 British Universities Deemed at Risk of Failure

Nearly 50 universities whose financial situation was so precarious they were considered at risk of failure are included on a list compiled by the British government, The Guardian reported. The list was dominated by former polytechnics, institutions that were granted full university status only in the 1990s. Officials told the newspaper that the situation had improved at many of the universities since the list was compiled. But The Guardian reported that documents it had obtained indicated that three institutions were deemed “so ‘at risk’ that officials are still withholding their names,” and that more universities were being monitored “because they are under threat unless they act.”[View Full Article - Subscription - The Chronicle]