St. Joe’s and University of the Sciences Have Voted to Proceed with a Merger

After a nearly four-month evaluation, St. Joseph’s University and the University of the Sciences will proceed with a plan to merge their institutions, the presidents of both said. The merger will require about a dozen federal and state regulatory and accreditation reviews or filings and is expected to be completed in about a year. The boards of both private universities and their presidents have voted for and signed an agreement that the schools are not making public.