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NJ.com
Ahern Foundation offers new trade/vocational scholarship for BHS students
The Ahern Foundation Board of Directors recently announced the addition of a Bayonne High School $500 trade/vocational post-secondary school scholarship to its scholarship program. The Ahern Foundation, which has been offering college scholarships in the...
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WABC
Framework in place for Rutgers shift
Rutgers-Camden students, faculty and alumni mostly oppose the merger, as does Rutgers' Board of Trustees. They object to losing the respected Rutgers identity and say there would be problems in combining a campus of a research university with a state uni...
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NJ.com
Spotlight on Somerset County: Somerset County 4-H awards college scholarships
Take a look at some of the best in photographs sent to the Warren Reporter during the week of May 7-11, 2012. Have a photo you would like to be share with the paper and your community? Send it to us at somerset@njnpublishing.com and we will run it in pri...
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NJ.com
Cumberland County College, Rowan University announce Direct Connect program for local students
VINELAND — Cumberland County College (CCC) and Rowan University announced a partnership on Thursday that will provide local students with new opportunities for higher education. The Cumberland-Rowan Direct Connect program will enable CCC students to enro...
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NJ.com
Christie administration recognizes achievements of 48 Union County Educational Opportunity Fund students
Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks recognized the academic achievements of more than 800 students who received support through the state’s Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF), including 48 students from Union County. The Educational Opportun...
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NJ.com
Panel discusses effect of campaign and finance reforms on lobbyist spending at St. Peter’s College
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournalJoseph V. Doria, right, interim director for the School of Education at Saint Peter's College and former Bayonne mayor, moderates the panel discussion, " Higher Education: Current and Potential Impact on Public Policy...
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University Business
NJIT President Proposes Collaborating With UMDNJ To Create Research Lab In Newark
While attention to Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal to overhaul the state’s higher education system has largely focused on a controversial takeover of Rutgers-Camden by Rowan University, a state lawmaker is now lobbying colleagues for an $80 million resear...
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MyCentralJersey.com
Higher ed protest deserved balanced coverage
An expectant mother prepared with questions and concerns about her condition, what to anticipate...- 6:05 pm Out of Somerset County's smallest town came some of its biggest heroes.- 11:48 pm Prices for single-family homes climbed in half of U.S.- 11:44...
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Ramapo Times
President Peter P. Mercer and Dr. Jacqueline Ehlert-Mercer Host Etiquette Dinner for Graduating EOF Students
President Peter P. Mercer and Dr. Jacqueline Ehlert-Mercer hosted an Etiquette Dinner for graduating Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) students on May 1 at the Havemeyer House. Guest of Honor Theresa Salameno led the etiquette instruction with “Manners...
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NorthJersey.com
Ahearn: Governor’s edict on colleges flunks review
WHEN IT’S TIME for the state to make an important decision, there’s no doubt these days who will make it. It will be the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie. He will be front and center with the announcement, at the State House podium. He will introdu...
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AlertNet
Protests mark Quebec's attempt to hike tuition fees
* Students on strike for 13 weeks against tuition hikes * Quebec education costs among lowest in North America * Government says students should help fund education MONTREAL, May 7 (Reuters) - Students unhappy about planned hikes to some of the lowest tu...
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ComputerWorld
The Grill: Arthur Langer turns the IT education model on its head
Computerworld - Arthur M. Langer is chairman and founder of Workforce Opportunity Services, a nonprofit that uses an outsourcing model to train economically disadvantaged youth and match them with hard-to-fill IT positions. Langer's "skills first" approa...
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NJ.com
Tell Rowan University protesters that unions brought 'death 'of education
Members of Rowan University's American Federation of Teachers march through campus Wednesday, April 25, 2012, to protest the fact that they've been working without a contract since June 30. Rowan faculty joined seven other union-sponsored rallies being h...
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N.J. Courier-Post Online
Options remain possible in Rowan-Rutgers merger
CAMDEN — Rowan University officials and South Jersey political figures are confident of continued talks of merger options between the Glassboro school and Rutgers-Camden despite the Rutgers University Board of Trustees move to shut the door on any merger...
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NJ.com
Editorial: Freeze federal student loan rates by finding compromise on funding
Getty ImagesThe dome of the Capitol is lit up October 1, 2008. Less than two months from now, federal student loan rates will double to 6.8 percent unless Congress intervenes. The clock is ticking, and this looming deadline has the makings of an unfortun...


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