@njdotcom: Rutgers University announced a hiring freeze and a tuition hike of about $450 per student at a Board of Governors meeting Thursday. The decisions were part of a $6.2 billion operating budget approved by the board for 2026-2027. The university imposed a hiring freeze and other cost-containment measures to help balance the budget. Heather Pierce, president of the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union and a lecturer in political science, said the freeze would “effectively amount to layoffs” for adjunct faculty because many work on short-term contracts. “Once those lapse, then we are effectively laid off,” Pierce said, comparing the situation to the COVID-19 pandemic, when she said a hiring freeze led to hundreds of adjuncts losing work. 🔗Tap the link for everything we know.

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Monday 13 July 2026 14:27:18 GMT