Inside Higher Ed has a distich of posts this calendar week past times Ry Rivard [January 6, 2015; January 7, 2015] placing the late approved consolidation of Georgia Perimeter College alongside Georgia State University within the context of other recent modify inwards the University System of Georgia.
- Waycross College as well as South Georgia College merged to buy the farm South Georgia State College in 2013.
- Macon State College as well as Middle Georgia College merged to become Middle Georgia State College in 2013.
- Gainesville State College as well as North Georgia College & State University merged to become the novel University of North Georgia in 2013.
- Augusta State University as well as Georgia Health Sciences University merged to become Georgia Regents University in 2013.
- Kennesaw State University as well as Southern Polytechnic State University volition merge this yr as well as retain the nurture of Kennesaw State University
Andy Thomason too explored the Georgia mergers for The Chronicle of Higher Education. His article includes an infographic past times Ron Coddington that summarizes the province of affairs real nicely.