At a joint committee hearing, education experts testified to lawmakers about how to fund higher education based on outcomes.
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Compared to state and national rates, Newarkers have fallen behind in pursuing a college degree after high school. That’s according to study by Newark City ...
Gov. Murphy recently signed a bill allocating $5 million in state funds for grants to improve information access for communities across the state.
There was an air of celebration as Gov. Murphy prepared to sign a bill granting financial aid at state colleges and universities to unauthorized immigrants.
Murphy tried to heal a festering personal conflict with Senate President Steve Sweeney, which escalated after Sweeney blocked two of the governor’s Cabinet nominees who ...
Fueled by the 2012 bond act, new higher education buildings and lab facilities are springing up statewide.
Felician University President Dr. Anne Prisco shared her views about a variety of topics related to the value of higher education.
Graduate students claim the tax reform bill proposed by House Republicans would strip out special waivers they count on to survive financially.
The marketplace for colleges and universities in New Jersey has become a very difficult, almost cut throat environment, according to Fairleigh Dickinson Professor Peter Woolley.
The state has lost a Senate leader. Those who knew him best remember Jim Whelan's life and legacy. Cuts to higher education have caused tuition ...
New Jersey is among many states working to return to pre-recession level funding.
Perry Halkitis will become the first openly gay dean of a major college in August. At the Rutgers School of Public Health he hopes to ...
Legalizing recreational marijuana, regulating and taxing it. Could the next governor approve what Christie refused? Our U.S. senators and The National Council of La Raza ...
A state Senate committee has just passed a comprehensive plan aimed at making college more affordable and student debt less onerous.
The Bridgegate defendant who sent the "time for traffic troubles" email testifies Christie was aware it was being called a political revenge scheme. She told ...
At a special hearing of Senate committees, NJCLASS loans administered by the NJ Higher Education Assistance Authority were called into question for its lending practices.
High pressure tactics of state student loan officers came under Senate scrutiny. What changes will they make to give students a break? High ranking members ...
The Christie administration is proposing cuts to the Educational Opportunity Fund and to the state's senior public institutions.
Unemployment is at a nine-year low -- 4.3 million New Jersey residents are working. And Christie's dedicating millions to train even more. Rival lawmakers have ...
Senator Robert Menendez spoke about guns, terrorism and immigration, in light of the recent events in California, at an event at Rutgers Law School about ...