With colleges facing tougher financial headwinds, more are looking to potentially merge or collaborate with their peers. This collection focuses on what colleges need to know to take such steps – and how to avoid the possible mistakes. It includes:
- How colleges can save money by sharing administrative responsibilities
- The problems mergers often fail to fix
- The opportunities technology offers for academic collaboration
- Lessons from public institutions that have consolidated campuses
- What a college president learned by leading a merger
- How cooperation can strengthen research activities
Get this Idea Lab booklet to decide whether a merger or partnership is right for your college.
Date: July 26, 2018
Pages: 44
Digital file size: 1.74 MB