newjerseynewsroom.com

1. Snooki getting paid to go to college
(Entertainment/Movies)

... say that she will share her fee with others like comedian Adam Ace, who interviewed her during the show. Organizers claim no money came from tuitions. Instead, the student-run committee that invited ...

2. Curtis Shearer is fourth guilty plea in New Jersey City University theft
(N.J./State)

... University officials said Ruffin-Moody's crime was more than stealing; she lied on student groups and took money intended for student tuition reimbursements. When checks began bouncing and questions were ...

3. It’s better to borrow for college rather than stop contributions to your 401(k)
(Money/Economy)

... other hand, don’t have much time left to fund their golden years. Parents with good incomes who can pay for college outright should still opt to save for retirement first, especially if funding tuition ...

4. Rutgers will pay Toni Morrison $30K for commencement speech
(N.J./State)

... use state funds or tuition money. While paying for speakers has become more common in recent years, most local colleges and universities still opt to offer an honorary degree to their guest speakers ...

5. N.J. Republicans to introduce bill denying state aid to colleges that enroll illegal aliens
(N.J./State)

... a decision by the County College of Morris’ trustees to acknowledge the junior college is enrolling illegal immigrants and allowing them to pay the same tuition rate as other county residents. The 2010-11 ...

6. Creating jobs, ‘winning the future’ requires investing in N.J. higher education
(Opinion/Commentary)

... nearly $11 million in cuts to Tuition Aid Grants and $3 million in cuts to the Educational Opportunity Fund, the Governor has burdened families with increased college costs. While I am encouraged that ...

7. Son of Sam detective Ed Zigo dies
(U.S./Nation)

... black Labrador retriever belonging to his neighbor ordered him to kill. Zigo once said that intuition, not concrete evidence, led him to the Pine Street apartment of Berkowitz. According to the Associated ...

8. Democrats say they want more property tax relief in Chris Christie’s 2011-12 New Jersey state budget
(N.J./State)

... but we pledged to revisit those areas most affected in this year’s plan. I am pleased that Governor Christie has restored critical funding in the areas of school aid and tuition assistance, and is allocating ...

9. Republican Pete McDonough named Rutgers' top lobbyist, adviser to university's president
(N.J./State)

... response to their needs and issues. Rutgers is the state university with 56,000 students enrolled at campuses in New Brunswick, Newark, Camden and Piscataway. Tuition and fees for students for the 2010-11 ...

10. Higher Education Task Force offers hope for New Jersey amid economic challenges
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Tuition Aid Grants and the Educational Opportunity Fund program, should be strengthened. It also advocated consolidating a hodge-podge of "merit" based scholarship programs to better align them with student ...

11. Rowan president Donald Farish gets $600k to retire and go on sabbatical
(N.J./State)

... of New Jersey, said such buyouts seem to have become more common, but that doesn't make them right. He said it will cost the full tuition and fees of 25 students each year to cover the cost of the buyout. ...

12. Why does New Jersey tolerate educational failure at such a high cost to taxpayers?
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Gov. Christie gets a B+ for his N.J. budget address Murray Sabrin: N.J. privatization task force should recommend nonprofit, tuition-based public schools Murray Sabrin: End-of-life care needs ...

13. Christie task force recommends merger of Rutgers-UMDNJ
(N.J./State)

... met for seven months and considered such issues as how the colleges are governed to teacher training, tuition assistance, and financial disclosure standards for college presidents. Responding to the ...

14. Will Gov. Christie risk career by spending billions on new Abbott schools?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... task force should recommend nonprofit, tuition-based public schools Murray Sabrin: End-of-life care needs a national dialogue Murray Sabrin: Gov. Christie should end pensions for all the state's ...

15. Gov. Christie was voice of reason on ‘60 Minutes’
(Opinion/Commentary)

... pensions than it does on the state university system, which had to increase its tuition by 32 percent. As for Arizona? It is so bad there that they sold off their State Capitol, Supreme Court building, ...

16. Payback
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... it is close to my family and my husband's family. I should be penalized for this? I want the $36,000 back I paid in out-of-state tuition because the degree I know hold is useless! ...

17. Alex DeCroce is right about N.J. unemployment benefits
(Opinion/Commentary)

... gets a B+ for his N.J. budget address Murray Sabrin: N.J. privatization task force should recommend nonprofit, tuition-based public schools Murray Sabrin: End-of-life care needs a national dialogue ...

18. White House says N.J. benefits from proposed tax cuts
(U.S./Nation)

... used by 281,000 New Jersey families last year to help pay for college tuition. Additional tax cuts in the legislation that also are geared at middle-class families include the Earned Income Tax Credit, ...

19. Ron Paul and New Jersey’s Mike Doherty should be Republican’s presidential ticket for 2012
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to raise a single dollar for New Jersey Gov. Christie gets a B+ for his N.J. budget address Murray Sabrin: N.J. privatization task force should recommend nonprofit, tuition-based public schools ...

20. Poll finds recession not over to financially struggling New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... the least fair of all tax levies, they also outstrip other recurring expenses, such as mortgage payments and college tuition, as the most difficult to pay. Most New Jersey residents say that current ...