Gov. Phil Murphy recently requested the state comptroller look into New Jersey City University's financial situation. According to a spokesperson for the school, the move is well-received as it works "collaboratively with our partners ... to move our institution onto solid ground and set it on a path to future sustainability."

University President Teik Lim announced the CEO's decision to the NJIT community in a message highlighting Simon Nynens' achievements and detailing next steps for the New Jersey Innovation Institute.

The school serves over 5,000 undergraduate students and thousands more at the graduate level. According to recent reports, over the past eight years it went from a $108 million surplus to a $67 million deficit, with another $156 million in debt.

The NJDEP will implement the initiative, which provides funding over three years for the purchase of such vehicles and charging infrastructure.

The truck driver-heavy trade option makes for the 19th offered – and the seventh added this year – through the Associated Builders and Contractors New Jersey Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund.

Nearly 20 high schools took part in the course from Greater Newark Enterprises Corp. Launched in partnership with the Frank J. Guarini School of Business at Saint Peter's University, it offers students insight to idea generation, marketing, financials and business planning.

A partnership with Follett Higher Education Group, the largest operator of such outlets in North America, will allow college and university students to purchase vitamins and supplements, sports nutrition products, and academic performance products in person and online.

Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said the law allows the state to "protect the thousands of people seeking training to advance their careers and, at the same time, the hundreds of training providers that play by the rules and prepare their students for work without taking advantage of them. No one should have to borrow so much for career training that they can’t afford to pay it back once they are working at the job they prepared for.”

The program provides career center funding and semester-long digital skills workshops to Hispanic Serving Institutions like New Jersey City University, where the undergraduate population is 45% Hispanic.

The state's first offshore wind project announced a $13 million investment to collaborate with Rutgers University, Monmouth University and Delaware State University on the effort, including for a first-of-its-kind study in the sector that involves extracting genetic materials from the ocean to determine whether the development of turbines and infrastructure has an impact on aquatic populations.

The Metallica Scholars Initiative Award, established by the heavy metal band's All Within My Hands Foundation, will provide a pathway to certification in welding for previously incarcerated individuals.

“More than 50 years ago, I made a life-changing decision," said Harvey Kesselman, a member of the first class at what was then Stockton State College in 1971, who went on to become a faculty member, administrator and eventually leader of the South Jersey university. "A decision to explore something new and different, something with promise and possibility, something I knew would be challenging but also transformative. It has proven to be one of the best decisions of my life."