Loading Poll...Hall Institute Statement on Higher Ed Report
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Hall Institute Executive Director Michael P. Riccards, a former college president, issued the following statement today regarding the findings of the Higher Education Task Force:
"The governor and the commission should be praised for putting higher education back in the forefront. These recommendations though are so far-reaching that the state needs to return to the structure Governor Hughes established with a strong Chancellor and board."
Richard Lee, the organization's communications director and an adjunct instructor at Rutgers University, added the following comments:
"The concept of merging RWU Medical School with Rutgers University made sense back in 2003 when I was a member of the McGreevey Administration, and it makes even greater sense in today’s fiscal climate.
"Rutgers does not need to be turned from good to great; it needs to be turned from great to excellent. That can only happen by reducing the duplication and redundancy that unfortunately plagues New Jersey’s higher education system."
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