National Report on Higher Education Documents State’s Shrinking Support for Public Colleges
Cutting funding boosts tuition, reduces course offerings, and — according to one expert — can deter businesses from moving…
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Public colleges rely more on tuition and fees as public funding ebbs
By Patricia Alex, Staff Writer. The Record. The sluggish economy has accelerated a shift in how higher education is…
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New Jersey State AFL-CIO Joins Statewide “Raise the Wage” Coalition in Support of Passage of the Minimum Wage Ballot Question
Joined by Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Over 151 Progressive Community Organizations at Kickoff Event…
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Fine Print: Overview of Measures for Tracking ‘Growth’
Controversy centers on using student achievement to help evaluate teachers By John Mooney What it is: The State Department…
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Essex County College President Edythe Abdullah leaving for new job after three controversial years
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Essex County College President Edythe Abdullah announced today she will step down…
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Raritan Valley Community College President to resign, become head of upstate N.Y. college
By Bill Wichert/The Star-Ledger BRANCHBURG — After a nearly seven-year stretch as president of Raritan Valley Community College, Casey…
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New Jersey Higher Education Funding Increase Needed to Offset Cuts
State’s largest highest education union agrees with report’s call for increase in support EDISON…New Jersey needs to invest in…
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AFTNJ members standing up against subcontracting
Monroe Township Federation activists Corine Stark and Rosemarie Panto join Seth Anderson-Oberman and Tim Haresign in Trenton, Monday, March…
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Retirees Continue Search for New President; Consider Amending Leadership Structure
To date, the AFTR Election Committee, chaired by Dory Logan has been unable to find a candidate for President…
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March College Council Voice: Sabbaticals and 2012 recap
Sabbaticals…1 Tumultuous 2012 and Renewal…2 National Coaliton of 100 Black Women Honors Faye Robinson-Rowan Librarian…4 The Little Local that…
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Teaching strategies trump togas at Share My Lesson party
The Perth Amboy (N.J.) Federation/AFT substituted lessons for libations on March 9, and turned the BYOB party into a…
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Rutgers-UMDNJ merger gets key approval
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University’s accrediting agency will announce later this week that it…
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