State budget cutbacks endanger college opportunity on the line - Times of Trenton

The 2010-2011 New Jersey state budget proposal contains another hefty round of cuts to the nine state colleges and universities: $50 million, or 15 percent of direct operating aid. Higher education, overall, would lose $173 million. This will be the seventh round of cuts to state colleges in the past 10 years, on top of a $62 million reduction in February. This is especially troublesome given that New Jersey ranks 47th nationally in funding per student since 2005.