Rutgers was designated the state university of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956.N.J.S.A. 18A:65–1 et seq. (Public Law 1956, chapter 61) repealing and succeeding P.L. 1945, c.49, p.115. Retrieved August 8, 2006. Although Rutgers thus became a public university, it still retains—as the successor to the private college founded and chartered in 1766—some important private rights and protections from unilateral state efforts to change its fundamental character and mission.
Rutgers was designated the state university of New Jersey by acts of the New Jersey Legislature in 1945 and 1956.N.J.S.A. 18A:65–1 et seq. (Public Law 1956, chapter 61) repealing and succeeding P.L. 1945, c.49, p.115. Retrieved August 8, 2006. Although Rutgers thus became a public university it still retains—as the successor to the private college founded and chartered in 1766—some important private rights and protections from unilateral state efforts to change its fundamental character and mission.