College Council reaches tentative agreement for contract at state colleges and universities
Member activism helped achieve accord for full-time faculty, librarians and professional staff EDISON… The Council of New Jersey State…
Kean University president takes issue with accrediting agency’s probation decision
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger. UNION — Kean University’s president lashed out Wednesday at the higher education accrediting agency…
Cory Booker: Newark, North Jersey score ‘great victory’ in UMDNJ takeover
Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger. Second-year medical students at UMDNJ Perin Kothari and Matt Cully listen to speakers before the Assembly…
Cory Booker, Sheila Oliver praise N.J. higher education restructuring
By Steve Strunsky, The Star-Ledger. TRENTON — Sheila Oliver said turning lemons into lemonade would be the wrong way…
The Truth-O-Meter Says: “Just in the past 10 years, college tuition has increased 28 percent.”
Albio Sires on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012 in a speech on the House floor Congressman Albio Sires claims college…
Rutgers governing boards to take last look at Rutgers-Rowan-UMDNJ merger before giving final consent
By Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger. TRENTON — The back room deals, frenzied rewriting and political posturing are done. Now,…
Q&A: Legislation for Rutgers-Rowan-UMDNJ merger passed
By Kelly Heyboer, The Star-Ledger. TRENTON — Both houses of the state Legislature passed legislation Thursday that will restructure…
Reorganization a first step towards prioritizing student success and medical care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2012 MEDIA CONTACT: Nat Bender, Communications Director American Federation of Teachers NJ (908) 377-0393….
Proponents hustle to move N.J. university merger bill
By Angela Delli Santi, Associated Press. TRENTON — Proponents of an ambitious plan to restructure higher education in New…
Fights loom for Christie, N.J. Dems
By Matt Katz, Inquirer Trenton Bureau. TRENTON – On a day so busy that the Statehouse cafeteria stayed open…
For Duquesne Professors, a Union Fight That Transcends Religion
By Mark Oppenheimer. “Union busting is a mortal sin,” the Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice said in a 2010…
Try again on flawed Rutgers plan
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board. The state Senate plans to vote tomorrow on its schizophrenic reconstruction of Rutgers University. It’s…
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