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Hill, Catharine Bond; Radecki, Jane; Radecki, Jane – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
In December of 2012 administrators for the University of Texas (UT) System announced a proposed merger of University of Texas-Brownsville and the University of Texas-Pan American "with an eye toward securing increased state funds and potentially building a medical school." The status of University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and…
Descriptors: Universities, Organizational Change, College Administration, Educational Opportunities
Kurzweil, Martin; Andrews, Melody; Hill, Catharine Bond; Jones, Sosanya; Radecki, Jane; Schonfeld, Roger C. – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
Across American higher education, institutional consolidations are on the rise. In particular, multiple state systems have proposed or completed mergers of regional universities and/or community colleges with the stated goal of increasing efficiency. Despite the high-profile nature of some recent successful and failed consolidations, there is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Consolidated Schools, Equal Education, Public Colleges
Schonfeld, Roger C.; Radecki, Jane – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
In 2017 to 2018, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System undertook a major consolidation, removing its two-year college campuses from a standalone sub-system known as the UW Colleges and merging them with nearby four-year UW institutions. The system-level motivation for doing so, in a state undergoing a demographic shift with an aging population,…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Two Year Colleges, Universities, Equal Education