dc.contributor.author	Hagler, James R., Jr.
dc.coverage.spatial	Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1990-2021	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-18T20:49:59Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-18T20:49:59Z
dc.date.issued	2021-12
dc.identifier.other	21117074-D733-62B5-45E2-7037268B0C19	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5195
dc.description.abstract	Consolidation has been practiced in governments, school districts, and business for many years and in higher education since the early 1900s with the primary focus on the efficiency and financial savings found in the process. The nine consolidations in the University System of Georgia (USG) were driven by six principles which sought to achieve better processes and efficiency of services to the regional areas in which the institutions were consolidated into a single entity. This study of the nine consolidations in the USG reveals increases in the budgets at the institutions and the cost of attendance (tuition and fees plus room and board) while finding a decrease in the enrollment at the institutions after consolidation on average. The primary area the study found a positive impact from consolidation was in the area of retention which helped to retain more students at the consolidated institutions as compared to prior to consolidation at the same institutions. In addition to the analysis of institutional data pre- and post-consolidations, analysis of committees at the nine institutions was conducted for consolidation committee member composition and a survey was conducted of committee members at three of the consolidated institutions. Responses to the surveys allowed respondents to rate their view of the success of the consolidation, the biggest obstacles encountered by the committee, and the biggest issues faced by the committee. This study of institutional data and survey of consolidation committee members reveals pathways for future consolidations to reduce problems of future consolidations. Keywords: Consolidation, Enrollment, Retention, Higher Education, Budget, Campus Consolidation	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 -- Defining Consolidation 6 -- History of Consolidations in Higher Education 9 -- USG Consolidations 13 -- Chapter II: LITERATURE REVIEW 16 -- Flow Model of Consolidation 16 -- Methods of Consolidation 18 -- Governments 19 -- Business (Mergers, Acquisitions, and Consolidations) 24 -- School Districts 26 -- Higher Education 28 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 35 -- Research Hypotheses 35 -- Methodology 36 -- Chapter IV: FINDINGS. 45 -- Stage One: By the Numbers 45 -- Budget 46 -- Enrollment 61 -- Retention 66 -- Cost of Attendance 72 -- Stage Two: Committee Membership and Survey Data 76 -- Committee Membership 76 -- Survey Data 82 -- Chapter V: DISCUSSION 101 -- Budget 102 -- Enrollment 104 -- Retention 105 -- Cost of Attendance 107 -- Consolidation Committees 110 -- UNG, KSU, and GState Outliers 115 -- Additional Research 117 -- Conclusion 123 -- Recommendations for Futures Consolidations 127 -- REFERENCES 129 -- APPENDIX A: IRB APPROVAL 133 -- APPENDIX B: SURVEY QUESTIONS 135	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	College dropouts--Prevention	en_US
dc.subject	Education, Higher	en_US
dc.subject	Georgia	en_US
dc.subject	School budgets	en_US
dc.subject	School enrollment	en_US
dc.subject	Schools--Centralization	en_US
dc.subject	University System of Georgia	en_US
dc.title	A Success Story? An Exploration of the Consolidation Efforts in the University System of Georgia	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	LaPlant, James T.
dc.description.committee	Yehl, Robert P.
dc.description.committee	Hull, Karla M.
dc.description.degree	D.P.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US