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Westminster Backers Propose Splitting from Rider

A group dedicated to keeping Westminster Choir College at its longtime campus in Princeton, N.J., says it has armed itself with a well-known attorney and entered talks to spin the institution off from Rider University.
The Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College in Princeton Inc. announced Wednesday that it has met with Rider University leadership about the idea of turning the choir college into a freestanding institution. The coalition’s representatives were asked to submit a written proposal for consideration by Rider’s Board of Trustees and expects to meet again with the university’s leaders within 30 days, it said.
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