Mergers on the horizon?

The medical field certainly moved in this direction, but higher education, so far, has not. We'll see if this is a precursor of things to come. My conclusion, however, is that we're more likely to see the big getting bigger and the small going out of business instead of mergers.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/08/18/assemblies_of_god_looks_to_merge_three_institutions_to_manage_costs