<p>this January the polytechnic institute is going to merge with NYU... I think it might end up bieng nyu's engeneering arm...Does that mean all of you freshman could apply to polytechnic and then just internally transfers to stern lol..</p>
<p>Anyone know more about this</p>
<p>From the Chronicle of Higher Education
October 10, 2007</p>
<p>Polytechnic U. Board Endorses Plan to Merge With NYU
Trustees of Polytechnic University approved a preliminary plan this afternoon to merge with New York University. The agreement will give the Greenwich Village behemoth the science and technical school it has lacked since it closed its campus in the Bronx more than 30 years ago, and it will secure the financial future of Brooklyn-based Polytechnic, which has struggled with deficits and outdated facilities.</p>
<p>The vote is “a ratification of the idea that NYU and Poly will be much stronger together than apart,” said a statement issued late today by John E. Sexton, NYU’s president, and David W. McLaughlin, its provost. The NYU trustees voted to approve the plan on Tuesday.</p>
<p>The universities have agreed to enter another stage of negotiations that will confront issues such as finances, admissions standards, faculty ranks, and other cultural details that are often stumbling blocks to mergers between colleges.</p>
<p>“We now commence a period of a few months during which both universities will conduct due diligence and work on creating the definitive agreement, the document that will more fully define the relationship between the institutions and outline each party’s responsibilities and obligations,” the NYU statement said. “We hope and expect a successful outcome from this process.” —Martin Van Der Werf</p>
<p>There were some articles on it in the WSN a couple weeks ago. They probably don't have much more information, though.</p>