The Rutgers University Board of Trustees approved a resolution on Thursday stating that its campus in Camden, N.J., should remain part of the university system.
The resolution in all likelihood halts a proposal to merge the Rutgers-Camden campus with Rowan University, 20 miles away in Glassboro, N.J. The resolution says the board is open to alternatives to a merger, which could include an agreement for some form of academic consortium with Rowan, a compromise previously proposed by the faculty members and administrators at Rutgers-Camden. ...