Written by JIM WALSH. Courier-Post Staff
GLASSBORO — Rowan University’s top official on Friday said a financial-aid imbalance exists between his school and Rutgers-Camden, but asserted that would be addressed after a planned merger between the two institutions.
Ali Houshmand, Rowan’s interim president, raised the issue in a letter to U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who has requested a federal review of the proposed merger. Houshmand said Lautenberg had “left many people confused” by comparing “the price of attending” each school.
On average, that price is $5,000 to $8,000 higher at Rowan, Lautenberg said in his March 26 request to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. But Houshmand said that comparison “does not warn the reader” that financial aid can vary between students and schools alike.
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