Murphy signs revised fiscal year 2021 budget
Gov. Phil Murphy on Sept. 29 signed New Jersey’s revised fiscal year 2021 budget, with Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney…
NYT goes inside the White House-CDC battle over reopening schools
Interviews and documents with past and present government officials reveal that the White House “spent weeks trying to press…
K-12 schools nationwide expected to receive rapid coronavirus tests from government
The federal government is expected to send 6.5 million rapid coronavirus tests this week to states based on their…
Rutgers faculty members protest layoffs, other issues
A planned protest by Rutgers University faculty members about recent layoffs morphed into a rally Sept. 26 in New…
#AFTVotes social media campaign is underway
AFTNJ is encouraging its members to not only return their 2020 election ballots early but to participate in this…
Plagiarism found in mass email by Stockton University’s interim provost
A mass email sent Sept. 4 by Stockton University Interim Provost Michelle Craig McDonald was later found to be…
N.J. Senate passes unemployment bill for adjuncts
By a vote of 38-0, the state Senate on Sept. 24 approved S2852, a bill that would enable adjunct professors…
New Rutgers institute to study racial justice
Rutgers University on Sept. 24 said it has received a $15 million grant from New York’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation…
Murphy, Fauci discuss N.J. school reopenings
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sept. 24 spoke via Zoom about the…
Data: Community college enrollment down by 7.5%
Fall 2020 enrollment at community colleges is down by 7.5%, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse…
Weingarten guests on Ms. magazine’s podcast
The latest episode of “On the Issues With Michele Goodwin,” a Ms. magazine podcast, featured AFT President Randi Weingarten,…
Rutgers prof pushes for diversity among college football, basketball head coaching finalists
Rutgers University adjunct professor Jason Belzer is a co-founder of Collegiate Coaching Diversity Pledge, an opt-in agreement among Division I…
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