Bill to make county college council optional could fracture two-year schools, officials say
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — For a quarter century, New Jersey’s county colleges have banded together in…
Bill to add political appointees to Rutgers board approved by Senate committee
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — A controversial bill to add more political appointees to Rutgers University’s board…
Sweeney and Rutgers trustee face off over ‘hidden’ report on university governance
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney grilled the chairwoman of the Rutgers University…
NJ to consider the return of fiscal control of schools to Newark board
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger The New Jersey State Board of Education said today it would consider a resolution on…
Former Kean U. women’s basketball coach sues after demotion to weight room
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger UNION — Two years ago, Michele Sharp was near the top of her profession….
AlterNet Comics: Matt Davies Introduces the World’s Worst Commencement Speaker
By Matt Davies Debt from college loans speaks to grads.
Assembly gets an earful on improving public higher education
By Jonathan Lai, Inquirer Staff Writer Public higher education in New Jersey badly needs changes to become more affordable,…
Fate Uncertain for Bills Aimed at Slowing Down Switch to New State Testing
By John Mooney The administration is moving ahead with its implementation of PARCC, but may be open to a…
The Newark School Reform Wars
The city has a new mayor with a progressive mandate, but its schools are reeling from the market-based reforms…
Newark enrollment: Charter schools popular for elementary, district for high school
By Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger In the first round of the universal enrollment program, Newark parents preferred charter schools for…
College costs addressed at N.J. Higher Education Committee meeting held at Rowan
By Andy Polhamus/South Jersey Times GLASSBORO — Members of the state assembly’s Higher Education Committee visited Rowan Wednesday morning…
$25,000 for a graduation speaker, no joke; but many schools get bang without bucks
By Patricia Alex, staff writer, The Record The graduating class of Kean University heard Darrell Hammond, a former “Saturday…
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