By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist
Gov. Chris Christie and Camden County Democratic political boss George Norcross, neither known for expertise in higher education, are pushing through a plan to transform a former state teachers college, Rowan University, into “major public research university.”
It will cost a lot of money.
What do we know about how this plan will work? Not much. The governor says not to worry and discusses implementation as “plumbing.” What research went into proving it’s a good idea? Not much there, either. All we know is that Christie and Norcross and their minions want it and he calls people who disagree — well, at least one person — a “jerk” and an “idiot.”
So much for careful study and rigorous debate about the future of higher education.
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