Abstract
Institutional amalgamation in higher education is used to change not only the structure, function and character of individual institutions, but also that of national systems of higher education. Merger is used extensively as a mechanism to further the bureaucratic control of higher education and to enforce the political will of governments on this sector of public activity. Although institutional amalgamation is a common experience for the higher educational systems of many countries, the political, educational and administrative implications of merger are little understood. This paper examines some of the reasons why colleges and universities amalgamate and illustrates the importance of merger at the national systems level through a detailed examination of the merger experience in Australia and the UK.
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