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The New Jersey College Affordability Commission is not expected to report its recommendations to Gov. Chris Christie and the Legislature until September of 2016, but the panel took testimony Wednesday at the Statehouse and received a variety of ideas to consider in an effort to lower the cost of a college education in New Jersey.

Gov. Chris Christie says he plans to announce in the near future a detailed proposal for making college more affordable and to ensure that institutions of higher education are matching students' skills to the needs of employers.

Miguel Davila had reasons to be skeptical when the University of California, Davis dedicated a bright, clearly marked space on campus for students who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.

Mental health issues are on the rise among college students, the numbers suggest, and parents and high schools are being encouraged to play a bigger role in dissolving the problem.

Faced with the after effects of the economic downturn, along with the rising cost of tuition, more college students are going hungry.

We hear a lot about lower-income students failing to earn a college degree, but the same can be said for students from middle class families.

These Texas Tech students are completely clueless about US politics... It's pretty unbelievable.

Getting a bachelor's degree at a university such as Rutgers or Fairleigh Dickinson is possible without even stepping on school grounds.

It was a year that experienced the loss of 2.6 million jobs nationwide. The unemployment rate ended the year at its worst level since the early 1990s. But for millions of young adults, it was still their turn to come out of college and enter the labor market.

Taking on one of the hardest issues to tackle, a new report out of Richard Stockton College offers key recommendations for policymakers on how to make college more accessible, affordable and valuable for students and their families.