The so-called "bill of rights" will give the New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance the authority to enforce state standards against firms that manage and collect student loans, and to leverage fines against those who violate the laws.

The measure, signed into law Tuesday by acting Gov. Sheila Oliver, will require the state's universities to provide a formal justification for why they want to raise, enact or continue the charges.

From Feb. 15 to June 15 the partners accepted submissions for the third annual contest which limits pitches to 60 seconds – the amount of time it would take to ride up in an elevator.

A forthcoming book by two New Jersey university professors will detail disparities between black American women and white American women with the first group having experienced more sexual harassment from 1997 to 2016 while the second group having experienced less harassment during the same period.

According to the university, the uptick is lower than 2019-2020 increases at several institutions in neighboring states.

The survey found the number of respondents who said they interacted daily with someone of another race or ethnicity went up from 83 percent in 2016 to 89 percent in 2019.

“My most important contribution to Rutgers is not the buildings,” University President Robert Barchi said Tuesday at a board of governors meeting. “My most important contributions were recruiting a cadre of academic leaders that are second to none. They are unbelievable and outstanding.”

Thai Lee, president and CEO of the IT provider, said more than 350 Rutgers alumni work at the company and that more employees earned their degrees at the university than any other institution.

The program - for which all requirements can be fulfilled online - includes specializations in general management, organizational leadership or human resource management.

“Our study showed that when silicon levels in the ocean are low, diatoms can be more rapidly infected and killed by viruses and are then more likely to release their nutrients and other matter in the surface ocean instead of sinking,” said senior author Kim Thamatrakoln, an associate research professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences.

The announcement follows an earlier vote in June by Health Professionals and Allied Employees members who approved an agreement covering 1,900 health care workers at the university.