The State Board of Regents Tuesday morning took steps to merge eight Georgia colleges into four with an eye on savings and expanding degree offerings.
The mergers:
Augusta State College and Georgia Health Sciences University; Gainesville Stte College and North Georgia College & State University; Middle Georgia College with Macon State College; and Waycross College with South Georgia College in Douglas.
The proposed mergers brought an unusually large crowd to the Regents meeting but the Regents moved forward on the issue. A large number of Waycross residents protested the merger saying they were worried about job losses in the community. Senator Greg Goggans, who has both the Waycross and Douglas schools in his district, had sought more study of that particular merger, but the Board of Regents says the eight colleges will have committees to suggest solutions to different merger issues.
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