Community Colleges funding restored - River View Observer https://riverviewobserver.net A lifestyle and entertainment publication serving the Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne, Weehawken, West New York, North Bergen, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, Secaucus and Guttenberg Waterfront Communities Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:00:37 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 OP-ED… For NJ to Fully Recover from the Pandemic, Community Colleges’ Funding Must Be Restored https://riverviewobserver.net/op-ed-for-nj-to-fully-recover-from-the-pandemic-community-colleges-funding-must-be-restored/ Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:00:34 +0000 http://riverviewobserver.net/?p=13510 As a result of the unprecedented pandemic, half of state aid to public colleges and universities was frozen in the fourth quarter of FY 2020. Further, Governor Murphy’s proposed budged for fifth quarter FY 2020 contains zero funding for public higher education operating aid.

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Christopher M. Reber, President of Hudson County Community College

By Christopher M. Reber*, President of Hudson County Community College

* The author is president of Hudson County Community College in New Jersey.

New Jersey recovered economically, and – to some extent, emotionally – from 9/11, the Great Recession of 2009, and Superstorm Sandy thanks in large part to the State’s community colleges. In the aftermath of those challenging times, enrollment at New Jersey’s 18 community colleges skyrocketed as high school grads to senior citizens signed on for the affordable, high-quality, community college education that enabled them to establish or revamp their lives and livelihoods.

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