Monday, November 18, 2002
New Jersey is taking steps to merge its state universities to create the University of New Jersey (but that's not what it will be called). The goal: strengthen economic development.
The new university would consolidate Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Political and business leaders are trying to make New Jersey more attractive to talent and research dollars by knocking down administrative walls between the state's medical schools, technology school and its largest university.
Increasingly, states are seeing univeristies as economic development engines. Politicians are becoming less patient with "ivory tower" attitudes. If you are not already focuesed on how to build networks with your state's postsecondary institutions, you need to start. Learn more about New Jersey. Go As for the name, my bet is on Rutgers.
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New Jersey moves to consolidate universities
