USG mulls mergers

Some of Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities could soon merge.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the University System of Georgia is considering how close some of the institutions are to each other, as well as whether those schools have duplicate programs.  There's no word on which colleges might be targeted for consolidation at this time.

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