Other NJ Higher Education Entities

• NJ Presidents' Council
  The New Jersey Presidents' Council was created in 1994 as part of The Higher Education Restructuring Act. It is an advisory body made up of the presidents (who serve ex officio) of all public institutions of higher education, those independent institutions that receive State aid, and 3 proprietary, degree-granting institutions.
• NJ Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA)
  providing students and families with the financial and informational resources for students to pursue their education beyond high school. 
• NJ Educational Facilities Authority (EFA)
  EFA was created in 1968 to help public and private colleges and universities in New Jersey finance the construction, improvement, acquisition and refinancing of various capital projects. In 1999, the Authority was authorized to help finance capital improvements at qualified public libraries.
• NJEDge - New Jersey's Colleges & Universities
  New Jersey is a great place to go to college. Find out how our 58 colleges and universities give New Jersey the competitive edge in the new economy.
• NJEDge.Net
  NJEDge.Net is a non-profit consortium developed as part of the state plan for higher education. The consortium was designed to support NJ’s institutions of higher education in their pursuit of excellence. The mission of NJEDge.Net is to provide collaborative resources and networked information services to its members and affiliates in support of education; research and development; outreach and public service; as well as economic development throughout the state. In providing a statewide network infrastructure, NJEDge.Net establishes standards for interoperability, achieves economies of scale and supports new and emerging technology-enabled forms of interinstitutional collaboration among members and affiliates.
• NJ Transfer
  The website that helps you transfer community college courses in the state of New Jersey.
• VALE - Virtual Academic Library Environment
  VALE seeks to provide a seamless network of access to shared electronic academic information resources throughout the state of New Jersey.
• NJ Virtual Community College Consortium
  Students at any participating community college can register for the shared online courses offered through the consortium.
• NJHERC - The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
  An association of educational institutions whose purpose is to promote awareness of employment opportunities with participating members.
• NJHEPS - NJ Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
  A consortium of 37 New Jersey higher education institutions; the mission of NJHEPS is to transform the higher education community to consistently practice sustainability and to more effectively contribute to the world’s emerging understanding of sustainability, through teaching, research, outreach, operations, and community life.
• Governor's School of New Jersey
  The Governor's School of New Jersey is a unique summer program committed to meeting the educational needs of academically talented high school students who have completed their junior year. Emphasis is placed on problem solving of complex issues that exist on a local, state, national, and international level, and leadership training. The Governor's School is an intensive residential learning experience held on five college campuses throughout the state.
• NJ PLACE
  New Jersey Pathways Leading Apprentices to a College Education
  Under the leadership of the State Employment and Training Commission, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the NJ AFL/CIO, a collaboration that included New Jersey's 19 community colleges, organized labor, and several state agencies, developed a statewide model to award college credit for participating registered apprenticeships in the building and construction trades.
• Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council (AGMEC)
  The council was established pursuant to P.L.1977, c.390 (C.18A:64H-1 et seq.) for the purpose of making recommendations for the support, through federal, State and private funds, of graduate medical education programs in private nonprofit and public hospitals in the State, and for the development and implementation of new graduate medical education programs to meet the needs of the citizens of the State.
  

Sector Organizations:

• NJASCU - NJ Association of State Colleges & Universities
  The state association representing New Jersey's nine state colleges and comprehensive universities.
• AICUNJ - Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of NJ
  The public relations, research and government liaison organization for 14 privately-supported institutions of higher education in New Jersey.
• NJCCC - NJ Council of County Colleges
  The state association representing New Jersey's nineteen community colleges.

Other NJ Education:

• New Jersey Department of Education
  Preschool through 12th grade education and private vocational schools
  • NJHire
    The New Jersey Department of Education's free education recruitment website, NJHire uses the most advanced education and networking technology to provide information and recruitment services for the education community.
• New Jersey Next Stop.org
  Njnextstop.org tells you what skills you will need to be in demand in New Jersey industries. The research focuses on New Jersey industries, but most of the skill and job information applies to occupations wherever they are located. The website allows you to match your skills and interests with occupations that will be highly marketable when you are ready to enter the workforce.