Combining observations with different years' data

[Welch Suggs]

I have a dataset with time series information about a group of universities. Each institution has its own unitid, which doesn't change. Each institution has its own name, but some names change, e.g. "Podunk State College" to "Podunk State University." If I reshape from tall to wide using unitid and institutitionname as my 'i' variables, it keeps the data for Podunk State College on one line and Podunk State U. on another. Is there a simple way to retain the name while getting all the data on one line? Thanks in advance!

[George Ford]

use unitid only?

[Welch Suggs]

"Is there a simple way to retain the name while getting all the data on one line?"

[George Ford]

There are 2 names. Which one do you want?

[George Ford]

when you reshape, add (first) institutitionname

[Welch Suggs]

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