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THE universities of the British Empire are parts of a system dependent for its equilibrium and orderly progress in changing conditions on adjustments of factors making for integration and differentiation. The Congress of Universities of the Empire, which met last week at Cambridge, represents an adjustment on the side of integration. A glance at the lists1 of subjects discussed at the first and second Congresses, 1912 and 1921, brings out the fact that the subjects of last week's discussions are, like those of 1912, but to an even greater extent, concerned directly with co-operation between universities, whereas the programme of 1921 was of a more open and exploratory character. Of the seven subjects of the plenary sessions, five, of the four subjects of sectional meetings, three, were directly and obviously concerned with the question as to how universities in different parts of the British Empire may most effectively help one another. Congresses are sometimes criticised adversely as “leading to nothing,” especially where, as in the present instance, the discussions do not culminate in ‘resolutions.’ It remains to be seen whether the third Congress of the Universities of the Empire will merit this criticism, but definite practical suggestions for immediate action were not lacking.
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Universities of the British Empire. Nature 118, 138–140 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118138a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118138a0