BY MATT FRIEDMAN, STATE HOUSE BUREAU
TRENTON — New Jersey voters are deeply opposed to a takeover of the Rutgers-Camden campus by Rowan University, according to a poll being released today.
Earlier this year, a panel formed by Christie recommended a sweeping reorganization that includes creation of a New Jersey Health Sciences University in Newark to replace UMDNJ, place University Hospital under nonprofit management, and fold Rutgers-Camden and its law school into Rowan.
Fifty-nine percent of registered voters do not favor the takeover, which was rolled out by Gov. Chris Christie in January with the support of Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) while 19 percent supported it, according to the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
The results are almost unchanged from February, when the poll found 57 percent opposed it and 22 percent in support of the takeover.
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