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Rutgers president explains why he plans to leave top job at NJ's flagship university
Jonathan Holloway, the embattled president of Rutgers University, announced Sept. 17, 2024, that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university’s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate.
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Rutgers University students will face higher tuition costs starting in the fall
Students at Rutgers University will have to pay higher tuition and fees starting in the fall after the school’s board approved a 4% tuition hike. For New Jersey residents, tuition will increase on average $274 per semester. That will be more than doubled for out-of-state students.
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Rutgers, Northwestern defend deals with student protesters: ‘We had to get the encampment down'
The presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers universities have come to Capitol Hill to defend their decisions to end pro-Palestinian encampments through negotiations rather than police force. The school leaders told members of a House committee on Thursday that they were able to defuse the danger without ceding ground to protesters. The university presidents were testifying as part of a series...
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American Athletic Conference to hire ex-Rutgers AD Tim Pernetti as commissioner, AP sources say
The American Athletic Conference is hiring former Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti as its next commissioner, two people with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was still being finalized and no official announcement by the conference was scheduled yet. Pernetti, a New Jersey native and former Rutgers football...
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Python removed from dorm room at Rutgers University
Police were called to a Rutgers University dorm Monday after getting a call about a python in a room at Voorhees Residence Hall.
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Phil Sellers, who led Rutgers to its only Final Four in 1976, dies at 69
In a post to X, the platform previously known as Twitter, the Rutgers Men’s Basketball program called Sellers “the G.O.A.T. of Rutgers men’s basketball.”
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9 things you need to know to be a Rutgers University fan
Everything you need to know about the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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US universities launch partnership to elevate free speech to counter threats to democracy
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars launched the initiative with funding from the Knight Foundation in response to what organizers see as threats to U.S. democracy.
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Rutgers' Unions Ratify New Contracts, Formally Ending Strike
Three faculty unions that went on strike last month at Rutgers University have approved four-year contracts, effectively ending the first strike in the school’s 257-year history.
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Classes Resume at Rutgers But Instructor Unions Continue to Picket: What's Next?
Classes may be back on at Rutgers University campuses, but the picketing by instructor unions continues as negotiators try to turn a framework agreement into actual contracts with several unions. For students who are getting back to studies after a week’s strike interruption, they now know how their studies will be impacted this semester due to the strike. In...
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Rutgers, Unions Announce Agreement, Classes to Resume
Rutgers University and union representatives have announced an agreement allowing a halt to a five-day strike that was the first such job action in the 257-year history of New Jersey’s flagship university.
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Rutgers University Teachers and Staff Go On Strike
For the first time in Rutgers University’s history, teachers and staff are walking the picket line. About 9,000 workers from three different unions are on strike fighting for what they call fair living wages and job security. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the details.