The increase means a typical in-state, full-time Arts and Sciences undergraduate at Rutgers University-New Brunswick will be $14,638 in combined tuition and mandatory student fees.
Likening it to an addiction to heroin, associate professor Terri Kurtzberg said individuals have a strong pull to their devices when they see it light up or hear a ring.
At eight of 11 of New Jersey’s public four-year colleges, there’s a student with a vote sitting on their top governing body. One exception, for now, is Rutgers.
Mujahid Henry was a graduate of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers-Newark and was to receive his diploma at Sunday's Rutgers commencement.