Coalition calls for open planning process to study higher education realignments

Unions critical of Rowan plan position civil service and collective bargaining

EDISON, N.J.—After hedging on details at joint Senate and Assembly Higher Education Committee hearings Monday, a plan distributed today shows Rowan University is looking for an executive order, an undisclosed payment for “transition expenses” and a dramatic shift in labor relations to assume management of what is currently Rutgers Camden. The document, titled “A Plan for the Reorganization of Higher Education in Southern New Jersey” and prepared by Interim President Ali Houshmand’s office, dramatically alters the bargaining process, according to Kathleen Hernandez, Executive Vice President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1031.

Coalition calls for open planning process to study higher education realignments

See also: Rowan’s ‘Plan for the Reorganization of Higher Education in Southern New Jersey’