Mergers & Collaboration

Governor-backed plan would merge state's public university and community college system boards in July. Budgets would be combined next year.

Saint Joseph's University and the University of the Sciences make a play for scale and health-care programs, but issues of identity will need to be addressed.

Historic acquisition by an HBCU boosted by millions in gifts from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and the Longwood Foundation.

For-profit Post and American Sentinel Universities announce acquisition built on health-care offerings. The tie-up reveals factors in the nonprofit higher ed market as well.

Iowa Wesleyan University and Southeastern Community College will continue to operate separately while sharing some financial resources and working to create a seamless transfer program.

Enrollment and financial projections for part of the deal came in lower than expected, university's president said.

Clarion, California and Edinboro Universities in western Pennsylvania are now marked for affiliation.

The pandemic could cause permanent college closures, write Amy Laitinen, Clare McCann, David Tandberg and Dustin Weeden, and institutions should already be planning for the possibility.