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Senate Approves Deal on Student-Loan Interest Rates, Ending Standoff

ByAFTNJ July 26, 2013

By Cory Weinberg Washington…The Senate voted on Wednesday to undo the increase in student-loan interest rates that went into…

ByAFTNJ July 25, 2013

By Scott Jaschik President Obama vowed Wednesday that he would soon unveil a plan to promote significant reform in…

Bynbender July 23, 2013July 23, 2013

By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger New Brunswick — Rutgers University released a 38-page report by an independent investigator today…

Bynbender July 21, 2013

By Shawn Boburg, Staff Writers. The Record. Rutgers University President Robert Barchi sent members of his senior staff a…

ByAFTNJ July 19, 2013

By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — A former Ivy League colleague of Rutgers President Robert Barchi has…

ByAFTNJ July 18, 2013July 18, 2013

By RONDA KAYSEN GLASSBORO, N.J. — Glassboro’s downtown has been dying for decades, with shops struggling to compete with…

ByAFTNJ July 18, 2013

Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts proposed increased spending on higher education to begin reversing the 22 percent in cuts…

ByAFTNJ July 18, 2013

By Matt Friedman and Kelly Heyboer/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Essex) said today she will not…

Bynbender July 17, 2013July 17, 2013

By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEWARK — The faculty at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey…

Bynbender July 17, 2013

DISTURBING QUESTIONS of judgment continue to follow Rutgers University President Robert Barchi. Every time they do, it seems, Barchi…

Bynbender July 17, 2013

By Minhaj Hassan SOUTH RIVER – Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that letting Rutgers University President Bob Barchi sit…

ByAFTNJ July 16, 2013

By Shawn Boburg, Staff Writer. The Record. One state lawmaker said Monday that Rutgers University’s president should step down…