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New Jersey awarded $28.5 million to 35 “public and public-mission private institutions” across the state as part of a grant program to increase the number of students who complete college.
The $28.5 million for the “Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge” is from the U.S. Department of Education through the second round of Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding. The money will go toward tackling barriers to students’ success and developing “sustainable systemic reforms.”
The state is sending another $1 million combined to 11 public institutions as part of the “Hunger-Free Campus.” The money goes to address students’ “food insecurity” at public schools by, in part, raising the awareness of available on-campus services.
$30M going to NJ colleges, universities to address COVID impacts
Thirty-five colleges and universities in New Jersey are sharing close to $30 million in federal funding that s meant to address the coronavirus pandemic s impact on postsecondary education.
Most of the funding, $28.5 million, is headed to institutions of higher education that applied for the competitive grant program Opportunity Meets Innovation Challenge.
The new initiative will help schools implement best practices and develop reforms that focus on students who are historically disadvantaged and were among the hardest hit by the pandemic, such as low-income students, working-age adults, and underrepresented minorities, Governor Phil Murphy and Secretary of Higher Education Brian Bridges announced Monday.
Atlantic Cape awarded $3 million to establish wind industry training program
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Offshore wind farm
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education Monday announced that Atlantic Cape Community College has won the New Jersey Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge, and will receive $3 million to establish an industry-recognized offshore wind safety training program and facility to prepare New Jersey workers for jobs in the state’s growing offshore wind industry.
The Offshore Wind Safety Training Challenge is part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s whole of government approach to achieving his goal of generating 7.5 GW of offshore wind power by 2035 and positioning New Jersey as a hub for the American offshore wind industry.
IRVINGTON New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss on Friday at a local barber shop to encourage more Black residents to get vaccinated. “This is the war room, this is how we get stuff done in the township of Irvington,” Vauss said as he escorted Murphy to a barber chair inside N & N Unisex Hair Salon on Chancellor Avenue.
IRVINGTON New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined Irvington Mayor Tony Vauss on Friday at a local barber shop to encourage more Black residents to get vaccinated. “This is the war room, this is how we get stuff done in the township of Irvington,” Vauss said as he escorted Murphy to a barber chair inside N & N Unisex Hair Salon on Chancellor Avenue.