Governor answers Kean questions on 101.5 FM
By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer
It appears Gov. Chris Christie is well aware of the problems facing Kean University. In fact, the office of the Secretary of Higher Education has been quietly working with the board of trustees for several months to ensure this state university does not lose accreditation.…
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UNION — Saying “our actions will predict our future,” Kean University’s board of trustees unanimously approved a report tonight outlining why the school should keep its accreditation.
The report — compiled with the help of more than 250 members of the campus community — will be submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the accrediting group that put Kean on probation earlier this summer after a review turned up numerous problems at the public university.…
Read MoreThe AFTR of NJ will have its fall luncheon/meeting on Friday, September 21, 2012 at Giovanna’s in Plainfield to congratulate new retirees and welcome the membership back after a relaxing summer. The group meets at 10:30 to socialize with friends and then has a business meeting at 11:00 a.m. before enjoying a luncheon together. At the September meeting members will compete in an American history and election information quiz.…
Read MoreA former teacher takes on the untruths at the heart of this anti-union film.
By Sabrina Stevens
A passion for teaching and a hunger for educational change are what drove me into the classroom a few years ago. That’s also how I ended up exhausted a few autumns later, when I dragged myself home to my apartment around 8:30 at night, slunk down into the nearest chair, reached for my laptop and Googled “downshifting + career.”…
Read MoreBy James Osborne, Inquirer Staff Writer.
Rowan University officials are scrambling to figure out how much Gov. Christie’s plan to restructure the state’s higher education system will cost them before they have to submit a funding request for next year’s state budget in a matter of months.
The deadline for state universities to file has not yet been set, but traditionally is in November, according to the Governor’s Office.…
Read MoreBy Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer
UNION COUNTY — Although most board meetings during the past year have begun in front of a large, raucous audience that jammed Kean Hall and spilled into the hallways and courtyard beyond, the Aug. 30 meeting was attended by a sparse crowd devoid of students or parents.
Nevertheless, members of the administration, faculty and unions approaching
the microphone expressed vastly different views of what lay ahead as the university battles the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.…
Read MoreBoard of trustees hands over report to Middle States Commission
By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer
With its monitoring report now in the hands of the agency that will determine whether Kean University is worthy of keeping the accreditation it held since 1960, university officials await a critical visit next week that could play heavily into the decision making process.…
Read MoreThe Associated Press
MAYS LANDING, N.J. – The president of a community college in southern New Jersey has turned down a raise for the third year in a row.
Atlantic Cape Community College President Peter Mora and the school’s evaluation committee agreed it’s not in the school’s economic interests to change his compensation.
Mora is paid $179,571 plus benefits.…
Read MoreBy Michael Stratford
Tampa, Fla.— Republican delegates here formally approved on Tuesday a party platform that outlines several policy goals affecting higher education, including calls for expanding alternatives to traditional colleges, increasing private-sector participation in student loans, and combating liberal bias at public institutions.
“The status quo is not working” when it comes to dealing with the rising cost of college, the document says, lending support to new learning systems that compete with traditional four-year colleges.…
Read MoreBy Patricia Alex, Staff Writer. The Record.
Concerns remain over more than $1 billion in combined debt carried by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Rowan University as financial details of the state’s university merger are hashed out over the next 11 months, Moody’s Investors Service said in a preliminary report issued Tuesday.…
Read MoreIt’s not likely to come up in the governor’s keynote speech, but the two agree more often than not on education issues
By John Mooney
Although it’s surely not the theme he’ll sound tonight in his keynote address to the Republican National Convention, Gov. Chris Christie has often agreed with President Obama on one big issue: education.…
Read MoreThe Profession
Campus leaders and college professors encountered urgent calls for change in how they do business in 2011-12.
Economic and technological forces continued to reshape campus workplaces. Administrators closed and consolidated academic programs and had to rely increasingly on adjunct instructors, who now make up 70 percent of the professoriate. And leaders also face stagnation in their own ranks.…
Read MoreBy Allison Kilkenny
Tens of thousands of students and their supporters flooded the streets of downtown Montreal Wednesday to protest university tuition fee hikes (the Liberal Party plans to drastically increase tuition fees to $1,794 over a seven-year period, a hike of 82 percent). The action follows a vote last week in which six junior colleges, called CEGEPs in Quebec, voted in favor of ending the strike and returning to class.…
Read MoreQ: Gov. Christie has signed legislation that will restructure the state’s higher education system. But will we see real improvement without a concrete commitment to both merger expenses and ongoing operating costs? And can we afford that?
GOV. BYRNE: I’m not sure we need to afford it. I don’t think a merger necessarily requires a lot of expenses.…
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