N.J. Governor Wants to Merge Thomas Edison Into Rutgers

[sanantone]

I'm so confused lol.  Wow was this really almost 9 years ago?  Seems like yesterday!

The topic came up in a recent thread, so I dug up this one. I could have sworn this was talked about in 2012 or 2013, but the merger was being discussed as I just discovered TESC in 2010. It 's kind of funny to see old members freaking out whereas new members would love the idea of having a Rutgers degree. I guess it's different now since TESU no longer gives UL credit for community college courses.

Back then I was more interested in COSC but I remember the discussions around that proposed merger. Personally, I'd rather have the Rutgers name on my degree instead of TESC (now TESU), but I assume that merger would have also resulted in changes to the way TESU operates. Had it gone through I wonder if the school would have continued to be as alt. education friendly as it has been over the last decade.

My fear was that Rutgers wouldn't like the idea of letting students transfer in 100% of their credits and use alternative sources of credit for everything. However, I suspect that TESU has been increasing its requirements due to constant threats of decreased funding. TESU is a money loser. Connecticut doesn't care about COSC because they only have about 2,300 students, but TESU usually has between 15,000 and 18,000 students. When they're transferring in about 75% of their courses (this is just an educated guess of how much people often transfer), TESU is not making a lot of money off of them.

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I demand my Rutgers diploma!

I joined about a year after this thread was made, and I am shocked that their letter writing campaign deprived me of a Rutgers degree.