higher education

Rutgers University's Board of Governors has released its top building priorities.

Four-year universities in New Jersey have become less of an "automatic" for students exiting high school.

The Assembly Budget Committee today approved a measure sponsored by Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver, Assemblywoman Celeste Riley and Assemblyman Troy Singleton that would authorize the state to issue $750 million in general obligation bonds to finance higher education capital projects to increase the academic competiveness of New Jersey’s public and private colleges and universities.

Voters may get the chance in November to decide whether New Jersey should borrow $750 million for buildings and upgrades at the state's colleges.

Access to college has been the driving force in federal higher education policy for decades. But the Obama administration is pushing a fundamental agenda shift that aggressively brings a new question into the debate: What are people getting for their money?

Governor's Office The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) Advisory Committee has released its final report and Governor Christie endorses it. He calls it, “A blueprint to achieve long-overdue reform of the State’s higher education system and usher in a new era for medical education throughout the State.”

Rutgers plans to finalize its merger with three medical institutions by this summer.