Higher Ed Package of Bills Proposed by Riley/Cryan
The following 20 bills were introduced last week. AFTNJ is analyzing the bills to determine our positions. The bills…
NJ college affordability package falls short: Editorial
By Star-Ledger Editorial Board For millennials in a cruel economy, a bachelor’s degree is hardly optional. College grads earn…
In a Buyer’s Market, Colleges Become Fluent in the Language of Business
By Richard PÉREZ-PEÑA The ruling this week that Northwestern University must treat scholarship football players as employees defies the…
NJ lawmakers unveil 20-bill package to overhaul college costs, accountability
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger TRENTON — Alarmed by rising college costs and student debt, New Jersey lawmakers proposed…
Raritan Valley Community College names new president, raises tuition
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger BRANCHBURG — Raritan Valley Community College named a veteran New York college official as…
Raises for Public-College Faculty Edge Past Those at Private Colleges
By Audrey Williams June For the first time in at least six years, the median base salary of professors…
How Did College Education Become So Ridiculously Expensive?
America wasn’t always riddled with student loan debt. Here’s the twisted truth behind what caused the cost of higher…
Rutgers president reaffirms selection of Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker
By Keith Sergeant […] Robert Boikess, a Rutgers professor in the chemistry and chemical biology department who introduced the…
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…
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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