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Given that many universities are facing financial hardship what should we expect the higher-ed landscape to look like in the future?

Hampshire College is now considering a merger to stay afloat. 

Are partnerships going to become a common practice?
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We should expect things that absorb resources but don’t contribute to the bottom line to be excised, and not just academic departments. You’ll know things have gotten really really bad when it’s been a decade or so without any new sports facilities being built or majorly renovated.