Poland boosts funding for elite 10 universities

Poland, like other countries such as Germany and India, is launching preferential funding to their top research universities. Ten universities have been selected and will receive a boost in their budgets to allow them to be more competitive in the broader European higher education environment. While some view the move as necessary in order to positively differentiate different types of institutions, "some critics fear that concentrating resources on a select few, most of which are in big cities, will widen divisions within Polish society, echoing similar concerns about the impact of elite universities in countries include the U.S., Britain, France, and Germany."