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Format: 1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-282-01438-2 , 9786612014383 , 1-4426-7725-2

Content: In a comparative study of two Canadian higher education mergers, Julia Eastman and Daniel Lang examine why and how universities merge and why some mergers succeed while others fail.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- I. HIGHER EDUCATION MERGERS: WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY HAPPEN -- 1. Introduction -- Mergers in Higher Education -- The Cases -- 2. Why Mergers Happen -- The Motivation to Merge -- The Political Economy of Merger -- The Paradigms of Merger -- The Two Cases in Context -- II. THE CASES -- 3. The Merger of Dalhousie University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia -- The Deep Background -- The Attempt to Rationalize in the 1990s -- Dal/TUNS Amalgamation -- Amalgamation: Why in 1997? -- 4. The Merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the University of Toronto -- Teacher Training and Educational Research in Ontario, 1900-1965 -- The Boom Years -- Years of Retrenchment -- Integration: The 1980s Attempts -- Reversal of Fortune -- Integration, '90s Style -- 5. The Cases in Context -- The Cases Compared -- That Which Might Have Been: Types of Mergers -- Mergers as Partnerships in Change -- The Cases as Partnerships in Change -- III. REFLECTIONS ON EXPERIENCE -- 6. On Dynamics and Structure -- Size and Power in Higher Education Merger -- The Perils of Uniqueness -- Dynamics of Negotiation -- Fit between Mission, Structure, and Resources -- Unit-Level Transition Planning -- Conditions for Constructive Grassroots Participation -- On Organizational Redesign and Staff Redeployment -- 7. On Roles and Behaviour -- The Players -- Human Factors -- 8. On Dollars and Data -- The Dynamics of Size and Specialization -- Economies of Scale -- Due Diligence -- Transition Costs -- Information and Information Systems -- Libraries -- 9. The Steps to Merger -- The Process Steps -- The Substantive Steps -- Putting It All Together -- A Path to Merger -- Combining Substance with Process -- Staging and Sequencing of Issues -- Transition Scheduling. , 10. Concluding Observations -- The Role of Government Confirmed -- The Importance of Institutional Characteristics -- Do Process and Leadership Matter? -- A Contingency Theory of Higher Education Merger Management -- Balancing Planning and Incrementalism -- The Paradigms Revisited -- The Future of Mergers in Higher Education -- Appendices -- 1. Agreement Between The Province of Nova Scotia, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University -- 2. University of Toronto/Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Integration Agreement -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-3525-6

Language: English

Keywords: Case studies. ; Electronic books. ; Case studies. ; Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.3138/9781442677258

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UID:

Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442677258

Content: In a comparative study of two Canadian higher education mergers, Julia Eastman and Daniel Lang examine why and how universities merge and why some mergers succeed while others fail.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Figures and Tables -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations -- , Part One. Higher Education Mergers: What They Are and Why They Happen -- , 1. Introduction -- , 2. Why Mergers Happen -- , Part Two. The Cases -- , 3. The Merger of Dalhousie University and the Technical University of Nova Scotia -- , 4. The Merger of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the University of Toronto -- , 5. The Cases in Context -- , Part Three. Reflections on Experience -- , 6. On Dynamics and Structure -- , 7. On Roles and Behaviour -- , 8. On Dollars and Data -- , 9. The Steps to Merger -- , 10. Concluding Observations -- , Appendix -- , Bibliography -- , Index

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442677258

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677258

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677258