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RU-Camden Study: Superintendent Cap Didn't Work

Initially billed as a cost-cutting measure, the New Jersey school superintendent salary cap failed to save money and instead resulted in a higher probability that superintendents across the state would quit, RU-Camden research suggests. Former Gov. Chris Christie instituted a cap on superintendent pay in 2011 — ranging from $125,000 to $175,000 depending on enrollment — as a belt-tightening measure amid increasingly shrinking state and local budgets. The maximum salary for a New Jersey superintendent increased with new rules in 2017, but the cap system remains in place. More.
Rutgers Helps Bring Diversity to the Physician Assistant Profession

Amid growing racial and ethnic diversity in the United States, the highly-competitive physician assistant program at Rutgers resolved to graduate a student body that would more closely mirror that diversity. More.
Play Raises Alzheimer’s Awareness to Community at RU-Newark

Presented by the RU-Newark African-American Brain Health Initiative (AABHI), "Forget Me Not" is an award-winning stage play presented to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease while educating the public on prevention methods. More.

Rutgers Professors Named National Academy of Inventors Fellows Edmond J. LaVoie, pictured, and Joachim Messing have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors.The Rutgers professors are among the 2018 class of 146 academic inventors honored by the NAI Fellows program for their “prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that make a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.” They will join the ranks of more than 1,000 inventors who have generated more than 11,000 licensed technologies and companies, created more than 1.4 million jobs and generated more than $190 billion in revenue.