Rutgers, UMDNJ start working out details of merger
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger Though their merger isn’t officially a done deal yet, the leaders of Rutgers University…
Rutgers raises tuition 2.5 percent; students claim they can’t afford increase
By Bob Makin NEW BRUNSWICK — Despite Rutgers University Board of Governors Chairman Ralph Izzo’s shock that students had…
AFT Retirees Membership Drive
Full membership for any retiree who was part of an AFT local is only $20 per year. The retirees…
Workers Stand for America Rally! Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 11
Jobs that pay less and less. Working families and students drowning in debt. Profits going straight to the 1…
Questions remain about sabbaticals for state college faculty
By David Karas/The Times EWING — Although a tentative agreement was drafted last week between the state and the…
Braun: At Rutgers, tenure protects free speech as well as jobs
By Bob Braun/Star-Ledger Columnist The legislative debate over tenure raged at the same time as the struggle over the…
Another university on the ropes
By Bob Ingle. TRENTON — While the focus of higher education turmoil has been on South Jersey with the…
Kean troubles affect OCC
TOMS RIVER — Though Kean University has been placed on academic probation and could lose its standing as an accredited…
A different set of standards
Kean University Board of Trustees Chair Ada Morell, along with University President Dawood Farahi, recently issued a statement blasting…
Kean’s accreditation on probation
By Cheryl Hehl, Staff Writer UNION — Calling the actions of the accrediting agency that put Kean University on…
State aims to improve higher education with privatization, bonds
By Michael Linhorst Overshadowed by fights over the state budget and the merger of state colleges late last month…
Video: State Colleges Reach Tentative Labor Contract; Union Rep Says State Workers Not Greedy
The union representing faculty and professional staff at nine state colleges and universities has reached a tentative contract after…
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