New Jersey Commission on Higher Education
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The New Jersey Commission on Higher Education is a government agency in New Jersey
that is responsible for providing coordination, planning, policy development, and advocacy for the state's higher education system. The Commission is also responsible for licensing of institutions and the administration of the Educational Opportunity Fund.
The Commission serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both public and independent institutions and enrolls over 380,000 full-time and part-time credit-seeking students statewide. The 31 public colleges and universities comprise Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
; the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
; the New Jersey Institute of Technology
; four state colleges and five state universities; and 19 county colleges. The 26 independent institutions include 14 senior colleges and universities with a public mission, two independent two-year religious colleges, eight rabbinical schools and theological seminaries and four proprietary institutions with degree-granting authority.
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
that is responsible for providing coordination, planning, policy development, and advocacy for the state's higher education system. The Commission is also responsible for licensing of institutions and the administration of the Educational Opportunity Fund.
History
It was established by the Higher Education Restructuring Act of 1994.The Commission serves as the principal advocate for an integrated system of higher education which provides a broad scope of higher education programs and services. The system includes both public and independent institutions and enrolls over 380,000 full-time and part-time credit-seeking students statewide. The 31 public colleges and universities comprise Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
; the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey is the state-run health sciences institution of New Jersey, United States. It has eight distinct academic units...
; the New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. It is often also referred to as Newark College of Engineering ....
; four state colleges and five state universities; and 19 county colleges. The 26 independent institutions include 14 senior colleges and universities with a public mission, two independent two-year religious colleges, eight rabbinical schools and theological seminaries and four proprietary institutions with degree-granting authority.