By Jarrett Renshaw and Kelly Heyboer/The Star-Ledger.
GLASSBORO — In a move that could help reinvigorate negotiations in Trenton, members of Rowan University’s board of trustees voted unanimously Monday to support the higher education restructuring plan that would combine their campus with nearby Rutgers-Camden to form a new research center in South Jersey.
The 14-member board emerged from a nearly two-hour closed-door debate on the Glassboro campus to approve a resolution backing the complex plan to reshuffle pieces of Rutgers, Rowan and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
However, their statement said parts of plan affecting Rowan’s debt, accreditation and governance require additional analysis. Rowan officials have concerns about the part of the restructuring proposal that calls for the formation of a new joint board to help oversee Rutgers-Camden and Rowan.
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