higher education

The Murphy administration is soliciting ideas for how to deploy the remaining federal COVID recovery funds in virtual hearings and by email.

Through the 'fringe rate' the state makes colleges repay it for benefits, New Jersey costs its colleges chances at federal grants and faculty recruiting.

Both the responses of students at public, four-year colleges and universities, and those at community colleges, paralleled this survey's overall percentages, suggesting COVID concerns resonated across the board.

Applications for money from four bond programs will be due early next year, with awards expected by year's end.

An extra $35 million in the state budget will mean larger needs-based Tuition Aid Grant awards in the coming year.

Research funding at Kean has already tripled since 2017, and money and opportunities may increase under designation unanimously approved by Legislature.

Students joined a roundtable with the president of Montclair State University and New Jersey's Secretary of Higher Education.

Higher education leaders prepare for increased demand for remedial courses and mental health services as students return to campus behind due to pandemic.

Revenues and enrollment are down. The faculty union at William Paterson University says layoffs are in the works.

There would be many sides to this evaluation, but it wouldn't commence until the end of the academic year in May, so as to observe a full cycle of learning in a post-COVID-19 world.