PRESS RELEASE
Contact Information: Sheryl Weinstein Public Relations
973-596-3436
NJIT Announces $5M in NSF Funding To Re-Engineer Science and Technology Pre-College Education: Newark, Perth Amboy, Union City, and Orange Schools Targeted
NEWARK, Apr 17 2007
WHAT: With grants from the National Science Foundation combined with NJIT’s contribution, education leaders will explain their innovative plans for pre-college education in science and technology—from robots to how computers have transformed science and technology research. The effort comes at a time when New Jersey, long a leader in science and technology, needs a highly-skilled workforce to maintain its leadership role.
WHO:
Craig Stanley, chairman, Assembly Higher Education Committee
Jane Oates, executive director, NJ Commission on Higher Education
Lucille Davy, commissioner, NJ Department of Education
Robert A. Altenkirch, president, NJIT
Joel Bloom, senior vice president, academic affairs and student services at NJIT
NJIT leaders of the three NSF-funded programs
Local school district teachers and education leaders
WHEN: April 19, 2007, Conference 10:30 a.m.; Lunch 11:30
WHERE: 112 Eberhardt Hall, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd., NJIT
RSVP: Rosalyn Roberts, 973-596-3433
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Office of Continuing Professional Education.