Making college mergers easier in New York
State weighs changes that would let struggling private colleges team up with out-of-state institutions. New York is poised to make it easier for its private nonprofit colleges to merge with institutions in other states. Some higher ed experts describe the proposal as a no-brainer at a time when demographic changes are taking their toll on small, nonwealthy colleges nationally. But others say the changes could bring new competition into an already cutthroat market.
Source: insidehighered.com
