ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — Deans and directors
The number of highly influential academics throughout the state is almost too high to count. That’s why we decided to pick just a few honorees in a small sample of disciplines  that are most...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — Valedictorian
Joel Bloom
President
New Jersey Institute of Technology
It would be easy to call this a lifetime achievement award for Bloom, who has done so much in his 10 years as president of NJIT to elevate the...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — Community colleges
Tony Iacono
President
County College of Morris
CCM was judged the top community college in the state by Intelligent and Academic Influence — and the top school for salaries of graduates by Newsweek and Payscale. Recently, the...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — College presidents
Head of the class
Chris Eisgruber
President
Princeton University
The No. 1 school in the U.S. News & World Report national ranking — now a decadelong streak — certainly is impressive, but Eisgruber is honored here for his...
ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2021 — Honor Roll
Nancy Cantor
Chancellor
Rutgers University-Newark
In her seventh year at the school, she is now a veteran presence among government and business leaders, helping the school serve as an anchor institution in the community that preaches racial...