By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger
Rutgers University officials are set to vote Monday on the planned merger with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
After months of debate and analysis, Rutgers University’s two governing boards will meet Monday to vote on whether to merge with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
The vote, which comes three months after the governor signed off on the plan, will be the last hurdle for the complex reshuffling of the state’s research universities.
But the formal approval of the 11-member Rutgers Board of Governors and 59-member Board of Trustees will be largely symbolic. Behind the scenes, dozens of Rutgers and UMDNJ officials have been meeting for months planning the massive merger.
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