On a stage with Seton Hall President Dr. A. Gabriel Esteban, Roche Vice President Tom Lyon, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Hackensack University Health Network CEO Robert C. Garrett tried to sum up the significance of the announcement.

The first inkling of what would become one of the biggest and most surprising development deals in recent New Jersey history started innocently enough. And seemingly without much chance for success.
At a social gathering.

On Thursday, Hackensack University Health Network and Seton Hall University formally announced their plans to start the state's first four-year, private medical school on the campus of the former Roche headquarters in Nutley and Clifton.

Dr. Paul Katz is the dean of New Jersey's newest medical school, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University in Camden, which will graduate its first class of 48 doctors in 2016.

Hackensack University Health Network and Seton Hall University will announce Thursday that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to start a private four-year school of medicine to be located on the campus of the former Roche headquarters in North Jersey.

Educational publishing company Pearson Education is starting its move to Hoboken on Jan. 26, the company said Monday.

Raj Valli was helping his three daughters make corrections in their schoolwork a few years back when he got his first education revelation: You can't help a student learn how to get to the right answer unless you know why they got the wrong one.

A pair of New Jersey colleges made U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Colleges for Online Bachelor's Degree Programs nationwide.

Berkeley College's board of trustees announced Tuesday the appointment of a new president.