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.
Schools are at different points in the process of compensating displaced students for the room and board they couldn’t use when coronavirus closed campuses.
The program's first semester cost around $20M for grants to students. Murphy sought $58.5M for two semesters. Lawmakers OK'd $25M – and expanded eligibility.
The Murphy administration has a new strategic plan for colleges that ties some funding to student-based outcomes. In total, it adds $14 million in funds.