Higher Education

Power List 2022: Higher Education Sue Henderson President New Jersey City University As if its global partnerships weren’t enough, the school is transforming its West Campus (University Place) and has opened a satellite campus in Fort Monmouth. Merodie HancockJonathan...

Power List 2022: Higher Education Patrick Leahy President Monmouth University There’s a new provost (Pamela Scott-Johnson), a new dean of the Leon Hess Business School (Raj Devasagayam) and, soon, a new conference (the Colonial Athletic Association). Jonathan KoppellJoseph Nyre

Power List 2022: Higher Education Chris Eisgruber President Princeton University The impact of having Princeton located in New Jersey is a huge plus for state’s brand around the world. The fact that the university is integrating itself more...

Power List 2022: Higher Education Francine Conway Chancellor-provost Rutgers University – New Brunswick One of the few non-presidents on this short list, Conway (who started last summer) is part of a new generation of leadership at Rutgers, serving...

Power List 2022: Higher Education Lamont Repollet President Kean University Former state commissioner of education is making Kean a model for first-generation students from underserved communities. Dana ReddDavid Stout

Power List 2022: Higher Education Brian Bridges Secretary N.J. Office of the Secretary of Higher Education The pandemic has forced schools to rethink everything they do. Bridges has offered all the necessary guidance and support. Joel BloomNancy Cantor

Power List 2022: Higher Education Merodie Hancock President Thomas Edison State University TESU was online when online wasn’t … the salvation of education. TESU’s model of nontraditional learning suddenly is mainstream, enabling it to reach more nontraditional students. Kate...

Power List 2022: Higher Education Kate Foster President The College of New Jersey Applications are up, contributions are up — demands for its graduates are up. Three years into a role impacted greatly by the pandemic, Foster is...

Power List 2022: Higher Education Nariman Farvardin President Stevens Institute of Technology He has greatly enhanced and elevated the Hoboken-based school in his decade of leadership — and he’s not going away anytime soon, having recently signed a...

Power List 2022: Higher Education David Stout President Brookdale Community College One of two community colleges in state to make a Top 50 national list by Academic Influence, Brookdale serves more than 20,000 students per year at its...