Montclair State University

Many colleges and universities in the Garden State experienced a dip in student-body sizes in both 2020 and 2021, but they don't expect this to be the start of a long-term trend.

Two years in the making, a published study out of Montclair State University shows the initial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on thousands of college students in New Jersey and New York.

Elizabeth Moyeno said many of her peers are scared to even apply for college, not because they don't think they deserve education beyond high school, but because it doesn't seem remotely affordable.

"Even if you missed work and talking to your coworkers, you probably didn't miss sitting on a train, sitting in traffic, packing a lunch everyday, hunting for parking," said Ken Sumner, professor of psychology at Montclair State University.

"Our short-term costs this semester alone are $11 million, and this does not take into account what we may experience in the fall," said Rider University President Gregory Dell'Omo.

Industry experts fear the longer this shutdown continues, the more vacant storefronts we'll see along New Jersey's roads whenever the health crisis subsides.

After responding to help break up a fight, a campus police officer drew his weapon after seeing at least one if not more people in a car near the fight.

Stockton University has received acceptance deposits from about 1,725 high school graduates -- but come September, the university knows that just about 1,600 of these students will actually show up.

New Jersey will spend $5 million on a first-of-its-kind nonprofit effort to help finance local journalism in cities and towns where it has been decimated.

Ranking first or second in your high school class isn't as powerful as it used to be.