New Jersey delays sale of music college to Chinese company.

Byline: Jessica Perry

The sale of a New Jersey music college to a Chinese company has been delayed by the state attorney general's office, according to a letter filed in state Superior Court Wednesday.

Last year, Lawrenceville-based Rider University announced an agreement to sell the Westminster Choir College to subsidiaries of Beijing-based Kaiwen Education for $40 million.

This week however, the state said Rider University hasn't fully answered questions about the sale of the choir college, including the reasons for the sale, what it will do with the proceeds and whether a foreign conglomerate is an appropriate buyer.

"Due to Rider's six-month delay in producing documents and eventual production of documents so heavily redacted as to hamper review, the Attorney General's review of the sale is incomplete as of this date and the State is not yet able to make a recommendation," Assistant Attorney General Jean Reilly wrote.

Two lawsuits oppose the sale. A suit filed by faculty, alumni and donors alleges the sale violates a 1990s merger between Westminster and Rider, and could lead to Westminster's ultimately being...