Mergers & Collaboration

Bloomfield announced last fall that it needed a strategic partner to remain viable. Montclair State University stepped up, and now a formal merger process is underway.

Colleges most in need of a lifeline through a merger or acquisition don’t tend to be attractive to would-be acquirers, Jeremy Greenwald Wolos writes. How can higher ed subvert this paradox?

San Francisco Art Institute ceases operations after an effort to merge into University of San Francisco is rejected.

Saint Joseph’s University and the struggling University of the Sciences merged on June 1. Higher ed observers expect more mergers to come as some small private institutions continue to flounder.

Decision comes two days after a proposed merger with Saint Leo University was called off.

Temple University hires outside counsel to investigate Sara Goldrick-Rab’s Hope Center. Numerous former and current employees say it’s about workplace climate complaints, but Goldrick-Rab says she requested the inquiry.

Bloomfield College announced in the fall that it needed financial support to keep its doors open. Dozens of institutions responded, and now the predominantly Black college has a new partner.

Connecticut’s community colleges get the go-ahead from their accreditor to merge. Administrators celebrate while faculty members mourn.