Bully Pulpit

"Take it or Leave It" Christie declares it's all gonna be done by July 1, so we shouldn't let a few pesky details get in the way of his narrative.

A steering committee is hashing out details of the central Jersey aspect of the plan, which would merge UMDNJ's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, School of Public Health, and Cancer Institute of New Jersey into Rutgers' main campus in New Brunswick. This merger is estimated to cost $40 million, Rutgers officials said.

But no such committee has formed to discuss how to assimilate Rutgers-Camden into Rowan, McDonough said.

There's no price tag, no plan to bring multiple bargaining units together, and no detailed answer to how Rutgers-Camden's law school will maintain its accreditation, which is nontransferable, according to faculty who testified at a legislative hearing Monday.