For Rutgers athletics, cost of near-solvency by 2022 will be expensive
By Craig Wolff/The Star-Ledger Rutgers University, banking on the promise of new wealth when it joins the affluent Big…
Equalizers No More
Politics thwart colleges’ role in upward mobility By Suzanne Mettler The American system of higher education is in crisis….
An Era of Neglect
How public colleges were crowded out, beaten up, and failed to fight back By Karin Fischer and Jack Stripling…
Can Christie’s plan for longer school days boost U.S. education? A Q&A
By Julie O’Connor/The Star-Ledger Gov. Chris Christie’s right: In this competitive new world, our kids are falling behind. On…
Colleges expand housing options through public-private partnerships
By Tom De Poto/The Star-Ledger Lior Naor is a junior at Rutgers University living in Rockoff Hall in downtown…
Perth Amboy to host open house for innovative math program
PERTH AMBOY — A community open house showcasing an new approach to middle school math education will be held…
Newark Schools Chief Wants Teacher Performance Included in Layoff Criteria
By John Mooney Union leaders leap to defense of long-established contractual practice of basing job cuts on years of…
Subsidy of Rutgers athletics jumps 67.9 percent to $47 million
By Keith Sargeant and Steve Berkowitz In order to fund a sports program that university officials say will generate…
Federal Lawsuit Accuses For-Profit Schools of Fraud
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA LINWOOD, N.J. — It was the electronic monitor around a student’s ankle that first gave Kelli…
Opinion: Looking Closely at the Dangerous Legacy of Commissioner Chris Cerf
By Mark Weber The state education chief’s so-called reforms may have stirred up something more powerful than frustration and…
Movement to Delay New School Standards, Testing Gains Support
By John Mooney Legislators, education groups find common ground in talk of delaying at least some parts of Common…
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