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

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FYI, from the TESC Facebook....

This is to help answer questions we have received about the proposed merger of Thomas Edison State College into Rutgers.
Unfortunately, we do not have details about how such a merger would affect students and alumni at this time. The proposal to merge Thomas Edison State College into Rutgers is currently just a proposal... and one that we oppose. Thomas Edison State College was not involved in its development. If the proposal is approved, we would expect details to emerge that include a transition timeline and how academic protocols would affect students. We will continue to keep you informed about this proposal as we learn any new developments.

In the mean time, the College is advising students, at this time, to proceed as normal and keep working toward their degree completion with us. In addition, we are planning for our 38th Annual Commencement, which is scheduled for Oct. 9, 2010 at the War Memorial in Trenton, N.J.

Personal note to TESC from the Geezer - While the students are all hard at work completing their degrees, would you please figure out a way to record the receiving of transcripts and the subsequent updating of those transcripts to student evaluations, in less time than the current 2-3 months? It seems ridiculous to even have to make this request since every other college I have attended (including Excelsior) was able to complete this process in less than 2 weeks.

In the 1800's they used to be able to deliver a letter by Pony Express (horseback) from one end of the country to the other in about 1/4 of the time it currently takes TESC just to acknowledge electronically that a transcript sent to them has been received.

Maybe the solution is to deliver the TESC department paychecks in the same average time that it takes to update student transcripts. If this incentive was implemented, I would guess that the average time would go from 2 months to less than two weeks overnight.