Is any contingency planning under way in case the Drexel trustees vote not to proceed with a merger?
No. The Administration is devoting its full efforts to discussing issues with Tenet and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. If the Administration can reach agreement with those two parties on their relationship with the University after the merger, and if that agreement is acceptable to the Drexel trustees, then there is every reason to believe that the merger would occur. If such an agreement cannot be reached, then merger will not occur, and at that point planning will begin for disengagement.
