NJ boosting TAG awards more than $2,000 for some college students
TRENTON – Around 68,000 college students in New Jersey will be provided larger Tuition Aid Grant awards in the coming year, under revisions to the program made possible by a $35 million increase in state budget funding.
The changes don’t expand eligibility for the need-based TAG grants, but they do increase the awards across the board – including by more than $2,000 for some low-income students.
In all, the state plans to spend nearly $473 million on TAG awards in the coming year. David Socolow, executive director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, said it is a “historic funding increase.”
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. | New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges will join college students, elected officials, and institutional leadership at New Jersey City University (NJCU) on Thursday, May 6 at 2 p.m. to kick off a series of roundtable discussions on college affordability and the $50 million investment in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget toward the Garden State Guarantee (GSG) initiative.
On April 15, NJCU became amongst the first four-year institutions in the state to endorse
Governor Murphy’s Garden State Guarantee proposal, in a letter to the university community and external audiences.
“This hallmark investment will help ensure every New Jersey resident has access to an affordable, high-quality postsecondary education, particularly low-income families who may not be able to afford college without this support,” Secretary Bridges said. “We want students to know that a college degree is truly within reach.”
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Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to Host Series of Student Roundtables to Highlight College Affordability through Garden State Guarantee Proposal
JERSEY CITY, N.J. |
New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Brian Bridges will join college students, elected officials, and institutional leadership at New Jersey City University (NJCU) on Thursday, May 6 at 2 p.m. to kick off a series of roundtable discussions on college affordability and the $50 million investment in the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget toward the Garden State Guarantee (GSG) initiative.