Update: Lawmakers would push higher education merger to 2013 but financials remain vague
By Patricia Alex. Staff Writers. The Record. The potentially costly reorganization of some of the state’s largest public universities…
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Voters may decide fate of record $750M bond referendum for college construction projects
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger”If we are serious about improving higher education, this is not enough,” said Senate…
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Sheila Oliver, Cory Booker strike deal to support N.J. higher education merger
By Jarrett Renshaw and Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Newark Mayor Cory Booker…
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Sponsors: N.J. college restructuring won’t cost taxpayers a dime – for now
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — The sponsors of the controversial proposal to reshuffle the state’s colleges and medical…
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State looking at bond referendum for colleges
By Patricia Alex. Staff Writer. The Record. State lawmakers are hashing out a plan to put a referendum on…
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Medical school not only way Rutgers could improve
By Geoff Mulvihill. Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK — New Jersey state officials are working on rearranging the state’s higher…
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I’ll never forget whatshisname
This falls under the rubric … if there were any question of how much of a shadow George Norcross…
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Rutgers Retains High-Powered Counsel to Challenge Restructuring Plan
Former Acting U.S. Solicitor General could raise constitutional challenge if education restructuring is voted into law By Tara Nurin…
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State to ask N.J. voters to bond $750M for college capital projects, sources say
By Jarrett Renshaw/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — Come November, New Jersey voters may be asked to finance about $750 million…
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One legislative panel backs Rutgers overhaul
By Matt Katz, Inquirer Bureau TRENTON — A hotly debated bill to revamp New Jersey’s higher education system passed…
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Cost of Education Restructuring Remains a Mystery, Even as Bill Clears Committee
If Rutgers loses its Camden campus, it could end up spending $155 million — or far more — to…
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Essex lawmaker: Hold university merger bill
Written by Angela Delli Santi. Associated Press. TRENTON — A veteran Newark Democrat says a university merger bill should…
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