Equalizers No More
Politics thwart colleges’ role in upward mobility By Suzanne Mettler The American system of higher education is in crisis….
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An Era of Neglect
How public colleges were crowded out, beaten up, and failed to fight back By Karin Fischer and Jack Stripling…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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IRS Suggests ‘Reasonable’ Ways of Calculating Adjuncts’ Hours
By Audrey Williams June The Internal Revenue Service has issued final rules on how colleges should calculate adjuncts’ workloads…
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Veteran NJ college president George Pruitt elected head of powerful accreditation group
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — George Pruitt, president of Thomas Edison State College, will serve as the…
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