Olde Hornet
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These mergers are different but some interesting discussions going on. The Main campus merger with UMDNJ is not as controversial. The Rowan / Rutgers Camden is where the fight is taking place. Rowan is expanding and becoming a major University with the help of a rich man from Southern NJ. There has long been a north vs south issue in the state. As the move to merge state universities grows - this will be a good scenario to watch to see how it plays out - no big race issues, prestige, power and money are playing out.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2012/01/christie-seeks-nj-higher-education-overhaul/168549
Fast-growing Rowan University in southern New Jersey, which 20 years ago was largely a teacher's college known as Glassboro State College, would take over the Camden campus of Rutgers University, including its law school.
Rutgers, whose main campuses are 30 miles from New York, would absorb parts of the scandal-stained University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, gaining a medical school. The remaining parts of UMDNJ would get a new name: the New Jersey Health Sciences University.
"We cannot compete economically in this state with good but not great institutions at any level," Christie told a news conference. "We need to make the steps happen to allow us to go from good to great."
New Jersey is unique in that it is one of the few states where the top public university is not named after the state. Christie has long been concerned that top high-school graduates go elsewhere for college ? and often stay there.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/news/2012/01/christie-seeks-nj-higher-education-overhaul/168549
Fast-growing Rowan University in southern New Jersey, which 20 years ago was largely a teacher's college known as Glassboro State College, would take over the Camden campus of Rutgers University, including its law school.
Rutgers, whose main campuses are 30 miles from New York, would absorb parts of the scandal-stained University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, gaining a medical school. The remaining parts of UMDNJ would get a new name: the New Jersey Health Sciences University.
"We cannot compete economically in this state with good but not great institutions at any level," Christie told a news conference. "We need to make the steps happen to allow us to go from good to great."
New Jersey is unique in that it is one of the few states where the top public university is not named after the state. Christie has long been concerned that top high-school graduates go elsewhere for college ? and often stay there.