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Commission Issues Higher Education Capital Planning Report	Dec-01
Commission and Presidents' Council Recommend Increased Investment in New Jersey Higher Education	Oct-01
Commission Discusses Need for Greater State Investment in Higher Education	Sep-01
Higher Education Commission Awards Funds to Increase High-Tech Research Capacity at New Jersey Universities	Sep-01
Commission Awards High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants to Colleges and Universities	Jul-01
New Jersey Colleges and Universities Receive Grants that will Increase Capacity to Prepare Effective Teachers	Jul-01
NJ GEAR UP: Second Annual 21st Century Scholar Certificate Award Ceremony	May-01
Colleges and Universities See Performance Funding Rewards	Apr-01
Two New Members Join Commission on Higher Education	Jan-01
Commission Report Sees Need for More High-Tech Grads	Jan-01
Higher Ed Commission Approves Funds to Boost High-Tech University Research	Nov-00
Increased Investment in Higher Education Linked to State's Economic Future	Oct-00
Commission Considers Increased Investment in New Jersey Higher Education	Sep-00
Governor Unveils High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants for Colleges and Universities	Jul-00
Al Koeppe Elected Chairman of Commission on Higher Education	Jun-00
Colleges and Universities See Performance Funding Rewards	Apr-00
Commission Approves $133 Million in Campus Capital Improvements	Mar-00
Commission on Higher Education Awards Grants for Urban Revitalization	Jan-00
New Director Points to Higher Education Strengths and Key Student Needs	Dec-99
Linkages Between Higher Education and P-12 Recognized: 3 NJ Universities Win Award for Mentoring in Math, Science and Engineering	Dec-99
New Jersey Higher Education Garners Host of Federal Grants	Sep-99
NJVU Focus on Faculty Will Enhance Distance Learning	Sep-99
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education Receives $10 Million Federal GEAR UP Grant	Aug-99
Commission on Higher Education Names Executive Director	Apr-99

NEWSLETTERS
NJEDge News, Volume 1, Issue 2, September 2001 [PDF version - 489 Kb] State Supports Improved Teacher Quality and Boosts Capacity Rutgers & Community Colleges Offer New Dual Degree Program Teacher Effectiveness Grants New Jersey Invests in High-Tech Workforce High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants New Commission Members Systemwide Capacity Subject of Fall Report	Oct-01
NJEDge News, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2001 [PDF version - 601 Kb] Commission Promotes NJEDge New and Expanded Initiatives Proposed Colleges Step Up to P-3 Challenge Sharing Distance Learning Resources NJIT Research Reaches New Heights Fifth Annual Systemwide Accountability Report New Commission Members	Jun-01
Highlights, Volume 5 Issue 2, October 2000 [PDF version - 111 Kb] Commission Awards Grants to Boost High-Tech Workforce Koeppe Takes Helm as New Chair INNOVATIONS - Nine Projects Win High-Tech Workforce Excellence Grants Gearing Up for College: The First Year of the NJ GEAR UP State Project Governor Names Two New Student Members to Commission Budget Proposals Under Review	Oct-00
Highlights, Volume 5 Issue 1, February 2000 Higher Education in the New Economy: Governor Announces Increases and New Initiatives INNOVATIONS - Rutgers Website Brings Civic Groups Into Cyber Era 150 Attend Summit on High School to College Transitions Commission Awards Three Urban Revitalization Grants Executive Director Sees System Strengths and Needs Two New Members Join Commission Students Now Voting Members	Feb-00
Highlights, Volume 4 Issue 3, October 1999 Commission Gears up for $10 Million Grant FY 2001 Budget Policy Proposed INNOVATIONS - Virtual Business Gives Mercer Students Real Experience Governor Whitman Enacts $550 Million Capital Fund NJVU Focus on Faculty Will Enhance Distance Learning Commission Gets 3 New Members New Jersey Institutions Score Big on Federal Grants	Oct-99
Highlights, Volume 4 Issue 2, May 1999 Five-Year Assessment & Long-Range Plan INNOVATIONS - Stockton's CHEER Program New Executive Director EOF's 30th Anniversary	May-99
Highlights, Volume 4 Issue 1, March 1999 New Jersey Virtual University is Online INNOVATIONS - Technology Links Rider Education Students With High School Teacher Mentors Conference Examines Higher Education Restructuring Committee Releases Draft Long-Range Plan Update Seeking Feedback From Higher Education Community	Mar-99
Highlights, Volume 3 Issue 3, October 1998 Agreement Near on Performance Funding Measures Commission Executive Director Announces Plans to Step Down Atlantic and Cape May Officials Agree on Joint College Commission Approves Funds to Establish VALE Virtual University Will Soon be Reality in New Jersey Commission Membership Shrinks as Trustees Depart; Two New Student Members Named for 1998-99 Commission Awards Urban Revitalization Planning Grants	Oct-98
Highlights, Volume 3 Issue 2, May 1998 Commission Adopts Capacity Recommendations, Including Call for Multi-Institution Centers Rutgers and Brookdale Plan Partnership for 4-Year Degrees Stevens and NASA Link to Inspire Minority Students' Interest in Science Commission Seeks Additional Funding for Institutions Commission Awards Grants for 15 College Bound Programs	May-98
Highlights, Volume 3 Issue 1, February 1998 Commission Considers Capacity Study Newark's Science Park Moves Forward Governor's FY'99 Budget Has Increases for Higher Education EOF Board Adopts Opportunity For a New Millennium Executive Director Looks at the Year Ahead	Feb-98
Highlights, Volume 2 Issue 3, December 1997 Connecting for Success: Business-Higher Education Seminar Convened Commission Adopts Budget Policy Statement for FY ‘99 Commission Service a Learning Experience for Students Commission Retools $2.9 Million College Bound Grant Program	Dec-97

EDITORIALS
Extend Tuition Grants to Part-Time Students by Alfred C. Koeppe, Commission Chairman	Aug-01
Joint College Will Strengthen Southeastern New Jersey by Alfred J. Cade, Commission Chairman	Oct-98
Higher Education-K-12 Collaboration: Critical to School Reform by Alfred C. Koeppe, Commission member	Mar-98
University Status by Martine Hammond-Paludan, Executive Director	Jan-98
Higher Education Technology Infrastructure by Alfred C. Koeppe, Commission member	Sep-97
Community Colleges Opening Doors for Immigrants by Alfred C. Koeppe, Commission member	Jul-97
Higher Education in NJ: Looking Ahead to Continued Success by Alfred J. Cade, Commission Chairman	Oct-96

POLICY BRIEFS
POLICY BRIEF - Issue 1 - Part-Time Faculty at New Jersey Public Institutions To what extent do New Jersey's public colleges and universities rely on part-time faculty, and what are the implications for students and institutions?	May-00
REPORTS
Higher Education Capital Planning for New Jersey's Future Adopted December 14, 2001 [PDF version - 128 Kb] Attachment A - 2001 Capital Needs Survey & Instructions [pdf - 59 Kb] Attachment B - Results of Capital Planning Survey [pdf - 29 Kb]	Dec-01
Higher Education Outcomes and High-Tech Workforce Demands: The Fifth Annual Systemwide Accountability Report [PDF Version - 261 Kb]	Mar-01
Executive Summary - Higher Education Outcomes & High-Tech Workforce Demands	Apr-01
Status of Minorities in New Jersey Higher Education [PDF Version - 114 Kb]	Oct-00
Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Policy Statement FY 2002 budget policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature	Oct-00
Higher Education: Meeting Challenges of the Future [PDF Version - 73 Kb] Supporting documentation to the FY 2002 budget policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature	OIct-00
Accountability in Higher Education: The 4th Annual Systemwide Report [PDF Version - 191Kb] Adopted January 28, 2000, by the NJ Commission on Higher Education, this year's systemwide report updates several key data indicators examined in earlier reports and adds new indicators. It also intensifies the focus on student outcomes, providing detailed information about transfer students.	Mar-00
Executive Director's Mid-Year Report Presented by Dr. James E. Sulton, Jr., Executive Director, to the NJ Commission on Higher Education on December 17, 1999.	Dec-99
Fiscal Year 2001 Budget Policy Statement FY 2000 budget policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.	Oct-99
Higher Education: Assessing the Past, Looking to the Future An overview of New Jersey's strategic course toward higher education excellence as laid out by New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education: 1999 Update and The Five-Year Assessment of Higher Education Restructuring.	Jul-99
New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education: 1999 Update [PDF version - 266 kb] This first update of New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education reaffirms the plan's vision and moves beyond the original principles and policy recommendations, defining a course for New Jersey colleges and universities to achieve their aspirations for excellence.	Jul-99
The Five-Year Assessment of Higher Education Restructuring [PDF Version - 164 kb] A comprehensive assessment of New Jersey's new higher education governance structure, including profiles of each public college and university in New Jersey Community College Institutional Profiles [PDF only - 212 kb] Senior Public Institutional Profiles [PDF only - 125 kb]	Jul-99
New Jersey's Capital Investment in Higher Education [PDF version - 143 Kb] A Report to the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education	Feb-99
Focusing on Higher Education Outcomes: The Third Annual Systemwide Accountability Report [PDF version - 358 Kb] The 1998 systemwide report provides recent data on key indicators, examines some performance indicators over time, and undertakes a new, experimental analysis of completion rates.	Nov-98
Focusing on Higher Education Outcomes: Summary and Highlights	Nov-98
Fiscal Year 2000 Budget Policy Statement FY 2000 budget policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.	Nov-98
The Capacity of New Jersey's Higher Education System [Full PDF Version - 802 Kb] Report to the Governor and Legislature regarding the capacity of New Jersey's higher education system and its ability to meet the needs of the state and its diverse population.	Mar-98
Fiscal Year 1999 Budget Policy Statement Budget policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature	Dec-97
Opportunity For a New Millennium: The Educational Opportunity Fund Planning Report The New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) is one of the nation's most comprehensive and successful state-supported efforts to provide access to higher education for disadvantaged students. NOTE: includes numerous graphs; download times may be significant.	Oct-97
Executive Summary - Opportunity For a New Millennium	Oct-97
Report on Higher Education Technology Recommendations regarding technology and institutional infrastructure	Sep-97
Technology Report - Attachment A: Distance Learning Offerings	Sep-97
Testimony of Commission Member Alfred C. Koeppe before the Board of Public Utilities on Higher Education Telecommunications Services September 1997 Testimony before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on behalf of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education regarding Universal Service	Sep-97
Higher Education Costs and Revenues: The Second Annual Systemwide Accountability Report This 1997 report compares spending and revenue sources for New Jersey's system of higher education and its individual sectors with national counterparts. NOTE: includes numerous graphs; download times may be significant.	May-97
Executive Summary - Higher Education Costs and Revenues	May-97
Looking to the New Millennium: NJ's Plan for Higher Education This long-range plan includes New Jersey's vision for higher education, recommendations for addressing critical state needs, and essential conditions for achieving the vision.	Oct-96
Foreword, Vision & Context - Looking to the New Millennium	Oct-96
Interim Assessment of Restructuring of NJ Higher Education The law requires the newly established Presidents' Council and Commission on Higher Education jointly to conduct an interim assessment of the restructuring after two years and a more definitive assessment after five. This report presents the results of the interim assessment.	Jul-96
Executive Summary - Interim Assessment of Restructuring...	Jul-96
New Jersey's Renewable Resource: A Systemwide Accountability Report The Commission's first systemwide accountability report NOTE: includes numerous graphs; download times may be significant.	Apr-96
Executive Summary - New Jersey's Renewable Resource	Apr-96

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