Christie's college merger plan must go through Legislature, non-partisan office says - Jarrett Renshaw, The Star-Ledger

If Gov. Chris Christie wants to reshuffle the state’s higher education system, he can’t do it alone and must go through the Legislature, according to an opinion issued by the non-partisan Office of Legislative Services. Christie is pushing hard for a reorganization plan that calls for Rowan University to take over Rutgers-Camden and for Rutgers University to absorb parts of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. While saying he wants to work with lawmakers, he has not ruled out using a 1969 law that empowers the state’s chief executive to reorganize departments with modest legislative interference.