CHICAGO (CBS) — Plans are going in advance for to combine Robert Morris University Illinois into Roosevelt University, the institutions introduced Wednesday afternoon.
Roosevelt University President Ali Malekzadeh and Robert Morris President Mablene Krueger announced that Roosevelt has submitted software to the Higher Learning Commission to integrate Robert Morris into Roosevelt.
Robert Morris would retain beneath het Roosevelt University call, in line with an information release. The merger would assist both universities to build on their ancient assignments that specializes in diversity and get admission to to education, the discharge stated.
“We were operating with Robert Morris’ management team to ensure that it is a great match for our respective college students, faculty and team of workers,” Malekzadeh stated inside the launch. “Because of our complementary programs, and inclusive, but wonderful, missions of social justice and social fairness, it is a perfect fit for each of our universities’ college students, faculty and staff and offers limitless opportunities for anybody. We wish for this to be a model technique on a way to correctly integrate non-public universities.”
Under the merger, Roosevelt would create a brand new university referred to as the Robert Morris Experimental College, to which many cutting-edge Robert Morris programs could migrate. The merger might deliver more than 1,800 college students to Roosevelt, and the accomplice ranges in nursing and allied health now presented with the aid of Robert Morris could supplement the baccalaureate applications supplied by way of Roosevelt in biology, biochemistry, allied health, and health science administration, the release stated.
Robert Morris also offers a Master of Information Systems software that could be folded into the pc technology programs at Roosevelt, the discharge said. There would also be new opportunities within the culinary and e-sports fields.
The software still has to be accredited by the HLC, as well as the Illinois State Board of Higher Education, the U.S. Department of Education, and the governing forums of every organization. Filing the application is step one inside the system, the release stated.