Panel says University of Illinois should not consolidate 4 small academic units

From The News-Gazette: Four small academic units at the University of Illinois won't have to consolidate for now, but campus administrators are urging them to cut costs by sharing business services with other departments – and consider mergers down the road. A review team found that no significant savings could be gained from merging the units, and expressed concern that consolidations could actually harm their quality and competitive standing unless it grew out of careful "bottom-up" planning by faculty. The four units, each of which have 40 or fewer full-time faculty: the College of Media, School of Labor and Employment Relations, School of Social Work and the Graduate School of Library Information Sciences.