University Hospital in Newark at a crossroads, prepares to split from UMDNJ
By Kelly Heyboer and Dan Goldberg/ The Star-Ledger NEWARK —The well-worn automatic door between the waiting room and emergency…
Colleges Become Major Front in Fight Over Carrying Guns
By Richard Perez-Pena and Susan Saulny BOULDER, Colo. — Public colleges and universities have become a major front in…
We are Watching
Legislation can move quickly in Trenton or take eons to even be considered. AFTNJ leaders and staff attend Senate…
AFTNJ Support for Student Campaign for Tuition Equity
AFTNJ leaders and locals are speaking out in support of state legislation to allow in-state tuition at state colleges…
Elections Matter 2013 Outlook
By Pete Guzzo, AFTNJ Government Affairs Specialist Governor Chris Christie and all 120 State Legislators (40 Senators and 80…
Obama’s college-cost website pulls back the veil on N.J. tuitions
By Kathleen O’Brien/The Star-Ledger You know college costs are out of whack when they are center stage in the…
For NJ Early Education Advocates, State of the Union Carries Hopeful Message
President’s call for universal preschool for needy children resonates with state’s Abbott v. Burke school equity funding By John…
Rowan extends its president’s contract to 2017
Story Highlights Rowan University’s trustees extended President Ali Houshmand’s contract into 2017 on Wednesday. The board also approved four…
Protections for Education Workers in Subcontracting Advances
A bill that would prohibit subcontracting of public education workers while they have current collective bargaining agreements and grants…
Health Insurance and Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty could benefit from the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but presumably only those in cases…
Seeking Growth, Nurses’ Union Links to Teachers’ Union
By Steven Greenhouse One of the nation’s largest nurses’ unions — the National Federation of Nurses — plans to…
Obama’s Accreditation Proposals Surprise Higher-Education Leaders
By Eric Kelderman, Washington President Obama didn’t mention accreditation in his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening….
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