October 19, 2007

2 New York City Institutions Vote to Merge

By KATHERINE MANGAN

Adding Polytechnic U. would give NYU the engineering school it has craved, but at what cost?

More than three decades after New York University disbanded its engineering school, sending dozens of faculty members to what is now Polytechnic University, trustees of both universities have voted to move forward with a merger that would reclaim an engineering school for NYU and give the financially strapped technical university the clout of the NYU name.

While some small colleges and

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