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Restructuring -- and Re-Missioning -- the University of Wisconsin System
Will merging institutions strengthen the system or hasten its decline, asks Tara DaPra, who has taught at one of its four-year universities as well as in its community colleges.
A Merger Brews in Boston
Boston University and Wheelock College enter talks to combine the institutions.
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What the Purdue-Kaplan Deal Means for You
It represents five broad trends that all higher education institutions should heed, writes Melanie Ho.
Not Immune From Consolidation Talk
Two Roman Catholic universities ask if they can do a better job of serving the Miami area together.
Vermont's Merger Map
Experts praise a proposed arrangement -- which system officials avoid calling the "M-word" -- but faculty members on the affected campuses worry about local identity.
Partnership or Merger? You Decide
Soon, the University of Maryland's College Park and Baltimore campuses could be combined. Will College Park's growing influence help the university system's other campuses -- or marginalize them?
Between Consortia and Mergers
A new report recommends a form of strategic alliance among colleges that is more substantive than consortia but less likely to fail than outright marriages.
Going Wild on Mergers
In yet another merger in Georgia's university system, the emergent Georgia State will combine with struggling Georgia Perimeter to try to improve the two-year college. Is anyone getting a good deal?