New Jersey cannabis sales surpass a record $1 billion in 2024
New Jersey’s cannabis market surpassed $1 billion in combined medicinal and recreational cannabis sales in 2024, marking a nearly 25% increase from the previous year’s total of $800,279,300 and underscoring the robust growth of...
TESU partners with the NJDOE to convert career and technical education into college credits
Thomas Edison State University and the New Jersey Department of Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance workforce development and educational access for high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) students across New Jersey.
The MOU...
Career Classroom: High School Biotechnology Programs Support New Jersey’s Dominance in Health Sciences
As the “medicine chest of the world,” New Jersey has a rich life sciences community with pharmaceutical, research, medical technology and other industries all finding homes in the state. “They are here for the...
Career Classroom: Camden County Technical Schools’ new program trains students in manufacturing technologies
Hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs exist in New Jersey, but according to the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, the average manufacturing employee is 47 years or older. To drive that number down and...
Career Classroom: Partnerships, state bond funding support opening of new Union County logistics academy
How do you interest the next generation in global logistics? Tell them the future is theirs.
That’s a prediction Jasmin Lee shared when recruiting the inaugural class of Union County Vocational-Technical Schools’ Academy for...
Career Classroom: Corporate contributions total $90K in scholarships to keep career-minded students in the...
Funding from Amazon, AT&T, NJM Insurance Group, PKA Technologies, Public Service Enterprise Group, SHI International Corp., South Jersey Industries and VMware totaled $90,250 to the New Jersey Association of Counties Foundation this year to...
Career Classroom: County vocational-technical schools empower students through meaningful projects for New Jersey’s marine...
During her junior year of high school, Katie Ackerman sometimes ran out of class to snap a few photos of seals on the nearby Sandy Hook beaches. She knew they only came to shore...
Centenary University at Ideal Institute expands college opportunities for vocational students in South Jersey
Centenary University's newest work-based college program is providing opportunities through a partnership with Ideal Institute of Technology.
The Hackettstown-based institution recently launched classes onsite at Ideal Institute’s Pleasantville location. The partnership offers a clear pathway...
Career Classroom: Annual culinary competition helps inspire next generation of state’s restaurant and hospitality...
French onion braised short rib, smoked corn and lobster chowder and ricotta gnocchi with mushroom and basil pesto are not from the menu of a high-end restaurant, but the creations of culinary students from...
Career Classroom: Vocational education benefits all students, employers
As National College Decision Day approaches, the rising cost of college has led to an increased focus on alternate pathways for students. This has long been a goal of the New Jersey Council of...
