By Adam Clark, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

TRENTON — Montclair State University has more students, classroom space and on-campus housing than it did 15 years ago.

But the percentage of its budget funded by the state is lower now than it was in 2000, University President Susan Cole said Wednesday, and the school will get even less direct support under Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed 2015-16 budget.

“We are not investing adequately in our statewide public education institutions,” Cole said.

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