The Chronicle News Blog: 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years ago, and it will secure the financial future of Brooklyn-based Polytechnic, which has struggled with deficits and outdated facilities.