It’s official: The Rutgers University board of trustees — the stewards of the institution’s structure, as well as its real estate — overwhelmingly oppose a merger of the Camden campus and Rowan University. They will keep the door open for a potential compromise, however.
While Thursday’s 32-4 vote will not be the last word on Chris Christie’s astonishingly ill-advised proposal to amputate Camden from Rutgers and mash it into Glassboro-based Rowan, the historically non-newsmaking trustees have certainly created an obstacle.
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