The phrase "asks universities" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone or something that is making a request or inquiry directed at universities.
Example: "The organization asks universities to participate in the upcoming research initiative."
Alternatives: "requests universities" or "inquires of universities".
Mandelson's letter, setting out the annual budget for universities from April, warns of the "extremely challenging" economic climate and asks universities to review how they teach and conduct research.
At its core is an "academic bill of rights," written by Mr. Horowitz, that asks universities, among other things, to include both conservative and liberal viewpoints in their selection of campus speakers and syllabuses for courses and to choose faculty members "with a view toward fostering a plurality of methodologies and perspectives".
In an attempt to fill the statistical void, a report compiled by POST asks universities and professional societies to collect data to quantify the situation of women scientists.
If one asks university officials if the academy may face a signaling threat from an online community, the threat may often be dismissed.
We are asking universities to go further and faster than ever before, especially the most selective institutions".
They also enable you to get answers to questions you don't feel like you can ask universities.
The government has not asked universities to do anything significant in exchange for this windfall in perpetuity.
"By asking universities to respond to surveys for rankings and then asking them to pay for a star rating — I'm not accusing them of pay-for-play.
Citizen UK has called on UK universities to provide places for refugees, and started a petition asking universities to offer 10 scholarships each.
Instead, it is that the policy of including students in a radical reduction of migrants, and then asking universities to police it, is plain wrong.
Now Willetts is looking at how to ask universities to remove the impediments and put their ideas out there for public consumption.
