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A proposal has been sent to Gov. Christie regarding changes to the Rutgers-system. Of most significance to Southern NJ, is a proposal to integrate Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University. This could be a significant blow to residents in S. Jersey who could no longer attend classes at a South Jersey campus and earn a Rutgers degree.
I support it, South Jersey deserves its own major research institution. If Rut-Camden joins up with Rowan, the new university will become only the second such major university in the state (NJIT and UMDNJ are more limited in nature).
Speaking from the perspective of someone who has experience with Maryland state schools, most people have heard of MD's second tier schools like Towson and UMBC, but how many people outside Jersey have heard of Rowan or Rut-Camden? Almost nobody.
I know a lot of my friends who went through Rutgers Camden won't be happy, but we deserve our own school, not just a branch campus of the flagship.
Eventually, I'd like to see NJIT, what's left of UMDNJ-Newark, and Rutgers-Newark join up to form the state's third major research institution. Then, I'd like to see all three (Rutgers, New Brunswick;Rowan;the combined Newark school) partner together and form a strong relationship, perhaps modeled after the UC system and called the "University of New Jersey" or something along those lines.
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A proposal has been sent to Gov. Christie regarding changes to the Rutgers-system. Of most significance to Southern NJ, is a proposal to integrate Rutgers-Camden into Rowan University. This could be a significant blow to residents in S. Jersey who could no longer attend classes at a South Jersey campus and earn a Rutgers degree.
This is a typical insult. The name of Rutgers has a prestige in other parts of the country that Rowan does not. Rowan is less known that when it was called Glassboro State.
UNC Charlotte etc does not carry the same prestige as UNC Chapel Hill, but it's a degree that says UNC, so the degrees are equal.
I support it, South Jersey deserves its own major research institution. If Rut-Camden joins up with Rowan, the new university will become only the second such major university in the state (NJIT and UMDNJ are more limited in nature).
In the long run, it might work. In the short run, Rutgers-Camden might face serious attrition from faculty who joined to be part of the Rutgers system.
There are fundamental differences between Rutgers and Rowan, in terms of mission, etc. The faculty who are attracted to the Rutgers system may not be the same as those attracted to Rowan. Mergers, of any kind, are difficult. This could be successful...but there will certainly be bumps in the road. Personally, I think that given Rutgers is the State University of NJ - it makes sense that there is a presence throughout the state of NJ.
True, I remember some time back right after you crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge there was a billboard that said "Welcome to R Country" with a huge "R," I thought that was pretty cool.
Was there any explanation for this proposed change? Seems silly. Rowan now has a med school so perhaps this is the easy path for Rowan to acquire a law school?
This is a typical insult. The name of Rutgers has a prestige in other parts of the country that Rowan does not. Rowan is less known that when it was called Glassboro State.
UNC Charlotte etc does not carry the same prestige as UNC Chapel Hill, but it's a degree that says UNC, so the degrees are equal.
I've always felt the Rutgers-Camden campus would have been in a better position if it stood alone as an independent educational institution, provided the state would commit the financing necessary to make it a successful institution. Give it Cooper Medical and rename the entire institution "University of New Jersey Camden." It could serve as the economic engine that revives Camden, very much like the way Johns Hopkins University is reviving certain blighted neighborhoods in Baltimore.
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I've always felt the Rutgers-Camden campus would have been in a better position if it stood alone as an independent educational institution, provided the state would commit the financing necessary to make it a successful institution. Give it Cooper Medical and rename the entire institution "University of New Jersey Camden." It could serve as the economic engine that revives Camden, very much like the way Johns Hopkins University is reviving certain blighted neighborhoods in Baltimore.
Many people outside NJ do not know that Rutgers is the state university.
What they should do is bring back Rutgers College. Call that Rutgers. And change the rest of Rutgers New Brunswick to something else. Rutgers College was the only prestigious school at the undergraduate level anyways. The alumni are already pissed that they mashed everything together and called it Rutgers.... making the entire university carry a prestigious name it does not deserve.
I like the NJIT/UMDNJ Newark/RU Newark merger idea posted earlier. In fact, if it were proposed, I'd lobby for it.
Many people outside NJ do not know that Rutgers is the state university.
All the more reason to reorganize RU-Camden and RU-Newark as separate educational institutions, viz., UNJ-Camden and UNJ-Newark.
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