By Joelle Farrell, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick gestures as he delivers his sixth annual address…
Pushing back against Gov. Christie’s proposal to merge Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University, the president of the Rutgers University system told a state legislative panel Monday that it was unlikely his university’s governing boards would “willingly relinquish the campus.”
“Given our choice at Rutgers, if we could pick and choose among the recommendations . . . we would not want to turn over the Rutgers-Camden campus to Rowan University,” Richard L. McCormick told the Senate Higher Education Committee during a hearing in Trenton.
His remarks drew loud applause from dozens of students clad in Rutgers red and alumni who sat among the audience of about 100.
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