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Ridgewood NJ, despite new federal guidance encouraging schools to use AI and classroom technology, a shocking new report reveals that more than 47 million American students are navigating an education system unprepared for the AI age.
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Ridgewood NJ, President Donald Trump took a significant step toward eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, signing an executive order on Thursday aimed at downsizing the federal agency and shifting education responsibilities back to the states.
Continue reading President Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education
Letters warn of potential enforcement actions if institutions do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus
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Washington DC, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent letters to 60 institutions of higher education warning them of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus, including uninterrupted access to campus facilities and educational opportunities. The letters are addressed to all U.S. universities that are presently under investigation for Title VI violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination.
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Ridgewood NJ, the U.S. Department of Education has been under fire, with President Donald Trump leading the charge to shut it down or drastically reduce its influence. Critics argue that despite over $1 trillion in spending, student performance has stagnated or declined.
Continue reading Is the U.S. Department of Education a Trillion-Dollar Failure?
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New Brunswick NJ, the U.S. Department of Education has found that Rutgers University likely failed to adequately protect Jewish, Israeli, and pro-Palestinian students from hostile environments following Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. This conclusion was outlined in a Title VI resolution agreement between Rutgers and the Department of Education.
Continue reading Rutgers University Settles Federal Antisemitism Investigation
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Ridgewood NJ, for families in Bergen County looking for top-tier education, the 2025 Best Schools and Districts list from Niche.com offers some encouraging news. Many schools in the area ranked among the best in New Jersey, with Northern Valley Regional High School District leading the pack. This annual report, released by the education platform Niche.com, uses a blend of data, including test scores, graduation rates, and reviews from students, parents, and alumni, to help families decide where to live and send their children to school.
Continue reading Bergen County Schools Rank High in Niche’s 2025 Best School Districts List
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Ridgewood NJ, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that New Jersey student loan borrowers will receive over $60 million in relief from a settlement with Navient Corp. and its subsidiary Navient Solutions LLC (Navient) that resolves a 2020 lawsuit filed by the State against the student loan servicing giant. The State’s lawsuit alleged that Navient engaged in unconscionable commercial practices, deceptive conduct, and misrepresentations when servicing thousands of New Jersey consumers’ student loans over the past decade – boosting company profits at the expense of struggling borrowers.
Updated March 23, 2017
Posted March 23, 2017
By Adam Clark | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Full professors at New Jersey’s college and universities made $127,696 on average in 2015-16, according to new data released by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Full professors are a minority of the teaching staff at many colleges, and the database also includes average wages for associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, lecturers and unranked faculty, who all make substantially less money.
The average salary figures were compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education for a database of more than 4,500 institutions. The data, released Wednesday, comes from information schools submitted to the U.S. Department of Education.
Check out the list below to see the 15 N.J. colleges that paid full professors the highest average salary.
