from the Wall Street Journal: "While the potential expenses associated with the latest school merger proposal remain unclear, a report on a previous plan to form a consortium of universities could shed some light on the cost. A 2002 blue-ribbon commission convened under then-Gov. Jim McGreevy found that merging Rutgers, UMDNJ and the New Jersey Institute of Technology would cost $1.3 billion over a 10 year period. That estimate covered restructuring and money for significant capital improvements to the colleges’ infrastructure". *click below for complete article:

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/04/25/rutgers-merger-might-carry-big-pr... *