Stockton names interim head of Hughes Center
Michael W. Klein will serve as interim executive director of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, Stockton University has announced.
He was approved by the university board of trustees at the Dec. 6...
Consultant named interim Destination Imagination CEO
Destination Imagination has appointed an interim CEO.
The Cherry Hill-based nonprofit teaches students the creative process through hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, or STEAM, and social entrepreneurship challenges.
Michele Tuck-Ponder is the president of...
Database aims to keep research dollars in N.J.
New Jersey is aiming to recoup research dollars that are escaping the state and elevate its research institutes with a new database initiative announced Wednesday.
The inaugural meeting of the New Jersey Research Asset Database...
Georgian Court U. expanding into Hunterdon County
Georgian Court University will be an anchor and the sole educational institution for Flemington’s Courthouse Square.
University President Joseph R. Marbach made the announcement Tuesday, partnering with Flemington Center Renewal to become part of the...
Fight song: N.J. college officials line up against D.C. policies
To say that the new administration’s policy endeavors are creating a rift between those in Washington and the state’s institutions of higher education — not to mention their students — is not to editorialize.
School...
Knights of the sky: Rutgers unveils new focus on drones
The future is here; the potential for commercial application of drones and aerospace technology is high; and the need for skilled engineers to put this innovation to use is huge.
None of that goes over...
NJIT hopes ‘The WEC’ helps college and community
Marjorie Perry, the CEO of her own Newark-based construction and management company and a co-executive vice chair on the board of overseers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, summed up the university’s impressive...
Rutgers hopes workshops shine light on sex harassment
Included in the numerous reasons why women do not report sexual harassment in the workplace is this gem: They may not truly know what is and what isn’t harassment.
That’s the opinion of Debbie Hines,...
Lessons in leadership: CEOs explain how they built companies
The most important aspect of leadership, Tara Dowdell said, is the ability to inspire and empower.
“People should follow you, not because they are afraid of you, but because they respect and admire you,” she...
‘Eds & Meds’ are in a race to finish line for financing
With Republican tax reform proposals looming, health and educational institutions in New Jersey are scrambling to push through projects that rely on bond issuances.
In both the plan that passed the U.S. House of Representatives...
