Rowan endorses merger bill but wants autonomypublished Tue, Jun 12 2012 06:31 GMT
Rowan University trustees on Monday supported legislation proposing an overhaul of higher education in New Jersey while also expressing concern over a joint governing board controlling Rowan and Rutgers-Camden.Following a more than two-hour meeting in Glassboro, the board issued a statement endorsing cooperation between the schools as long as the agreement retained "the individual autonomy of both institutions and their respective governing boards." "It's a question of autonomy," university spokesman Joe Cardona said. "They support the legislation, but not the joint board ... as it's written."
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