Looking ahead at New Jersey’s potential legal cannabis market, a dozen faculty and staff at William Paterson University formed the Cannabis Institute to advise state, county, and municipal agencies on issues related to medical and recreational cannabis.

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Thursday that for-profit education company Career Education Corp. has entered into a multi-state settlement to resolve allegations that the company engaged in unfair and deceptive recruiting and enrollment practices.

Rutgers University–Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon has appointed Kimberly Mutcherson, a bioethics and health law scholar, as co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden effective Jan. 1.

The president of Alloy Stainless Products Co. in Totowa credits the New Jersey Innovation Institute for providing her company with a comprehensive framework to save money through improved hiring and retention practices while also breaking into new markets.

In an era of ever-increasing fake news, colleges like Stockton University are placing an increased emphasis on teaching students to differentiate truth from falsehoods by directing them toward academic sources, according to several librarians at New Jersey colleges.

Three Kean University nursing faculty members have created a new nursing education model being introduced across the nation, according to Kean.

The New Jersey Institute of Technology has formed the multidisciplinary Institute for Space Weather Sciences to advance theoretical and applied research on civilization’s interface with cosmic forces.

Saint Peter’s University is adding an esports specialization for students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in its School of Business.

Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon has been selected as the recipient of the 2019 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of American Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education, according to Rutgers.

The Cognizant U.S. Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting science, technology, engineering and math education and skills initiatives for American workers and students, has given a $4.1 million grant to the National Center for Women & Information Technology.