The head of the Assembly Budget Committee says he's troubled by the speed at which the Christie administration is trying to restructure New Jersey colleges and universities without knowing how much it will cost.
Two-hundred Rutgers University faculty members have signed a letter urging New Jersey lawmakers to find out more about a plan to fold the university's Camden campus into Rowan University.
Gov. Chris Christie must go through the state Legislature if wants to move forward with a sweeping reorganization of New Jersey's higher education system, according to an opinion issued by the state's nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services.
There is a report today that claims one state college president feels that New Jersey experiences a net loss of 30,000 students a year.
By her reckoning, around 5 thousand come in, but 35 thousand a year leave!
Doesn't look very good for the future of the Garden State, especially given the fact when our best and brightest leave for a college out of state, they usually don't come back...
Governor Chris Christie says he has no plans to scale back -- or slow down -- a planned merger involving three of New Jersey's public universities, despite vocal opposition from Rutgers-Camden.
Rowan University acknowledges it excluded disadvantaged students from a fact sheet on its SAT scores that it put out to bolster support for a proposed takeover of Rutgers-Camden.
A proposal endorsed by Governor Chris Christie to allow Rowan University to take over Rutgers-Camden has made Trenton the spring break destination of choice for Rutgers students.