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Guys i have received this email from my school thought it might be interest for you guys to read.

Following release of the Report of the New Jersey Higher Education Task Force Tuesday, January 4, Governor Christie signed Executive Orders 51 (http://www.njit.edu/president/docs/2011/2011-01-05-higher-ed-exec-51.pdf) and 52 (http://www.njit.edu/president/docs/2011/2011-01-05-higher-ed-exec-52.pdf). Executive Order 52 creates the Governor’s Higher Education Council, creation of which was recommended in the Task Force Report, and Executive Order 51 establishes the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Advisory Committee, which is charged with reviewing recommendations of the Higher Education Task Force on medical education and UMDNJ and making recommendations to the Governor on issues concerning medical education in New Jersey and its delivery.
The Committee is specifically charged with making recommendations regarding the structure of medical education in New Brunswick-Piscataway, Newark, and South Jersey. With respect to Newark, the Committee is to consider whether we, NJIT, should start our own medical school and whether UMDNJ’s schools in Newark should become part of any of the other senior public universities in Newark.
Because the work of the Committee directly impacts higher education, particularly NJIT and medical education in Newark, we would anticipate having input to the work of the Committee. We will keep you informed as implementation of Executive Orders 51 and 52 proceed.
Thanks,
Bob

 

[Hah]

Why would NJIT open a med school with one down the street from it? NJ has enough med schools ( 4 if you consider Cooper thats opening in 2012). NJ needs to revamp and find more funding for their schools instead of contemplating ways to waste more money.

 

[jc235693]

I was at NJMS on Friday for an accepted students lunch. Dr. Heinrich brought this report up briefly and seemed to think that this report isn't going to change anything about how NJMS is run or operates. I don't know the details of the report or too much about state politics but I am sure people will make a minor hooplah about this for a day or two then forget about it.

 

[rubinst4]

I was also at the accepted students' day on Friday afternoon, and Dr. Heinrich basically said that he and the administration will believe that this is happening when they see real action, not just a report. I've heard this a few times before (my father is a physician in the area and he hears all of this stuff around the hospitals and from other docs) and it's been talked about for 5+ years already with nothing actually cooking on it. It's possible that something will happen, but given the snail's pace of NJ politics and the state-funded nature of NJMS, I personally doubt any of us from c/o 2015 will be affected.