Education & Literacy

When pioneering educator and entrepreneurial advocate, Edward Cohen passed away in 2019, the State of New Jersey lost a veritable lion of education and technological entrepreneurship. Over 30 years ago, Cohen understood that to revitalize the State’s flagging economy, a fuse had to be lit forging the sectors of higher education, business, and technology-based entrepreneurship. […]

For 25 years, Per Scholas, Inc. has prepared motivated and curious adults who are unemployed or underemployed with the technical and business skills to launch successful careers in technology, creating on-ramps to businesses in need of their talents. In 2020, we will enroll more than 2,000 students across 12 cities and partner with over 500

Anita Anatharam, a professor at a top 10 university and Founder/  CEO of LeaderLync, recognized an educational problem that has never been accurately addressed or solved: Higher education institutions and employment recruiters want students to showcase their interpersonal skills, but students were never taught to identify and develop them. This gap reflects the saying, “You

Lincoln Tech has been one of the nation’s premier schools for hands-on technical career training for nearly 75 years. Students can choose from career paths in automotive, diesel, computeraided manufacturing, HVAC, electrical systems, healthcare, IT and more. NJ campuses are located in Iselin, Mahwah, Moorestown, Paramus, South Plainfield, and Union. There are also 16 additional

New Jersey has long been a destination for talented and ambitious people from all over the world. Its highly diverse population is a rich opportunity for employers, and Montclair State University plays a robust role in providing that population with an excellent higher education in a wide range of fields, with strong and culturally competent

Just 12 miles from Manhattan, Montclair State University is positioned at the center of commerce and culture, with a burgeoning enrollment of 21,000 graduate and undergraduate students whose diversity reflects the region and world. Over the past two decades, Montclair State has invested $765 million in building facilities—while pioneering 80 innovative graduate programs and recruiting

Rutgers University–New Brunswick is the flagship home of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. We are a leading national research university committed to excellence in teaching, research and service that improves our local, national and global communities. A member of the Big Ten Conference and Association of American Universities, we are one of America’s

Rutgers University–Newark is a leading urban research university that leverages diversity and high-impact scholarship to cultivate the talent essential to transform communities and change the world. An anchor institution in our home city, we are not just in but of Newark. The RU-N community has long recognized that our location is both a defining influence

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention’s commitment to cultivating the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs underpins everything that occurs within the walls of the museum and beyond. While The Cade is a museum for all ages, young inventors are a key focus, since they represent the future of Florida’s innovation economy. Purposeful Creativity

Improving drugs that help fight addictions. Enhancing the quality of sleep. Identifying DNA at crime scenes. Stopping the spread of diseases. Preserving the planet in the face of global changes. Fighting the pervasiveness of cancer. These are just some of the many complex goals that Rutgers University– Camden faculty and students in the sciences are

UF Health is home to the state’s No. 1 research hospital and unique in its diverse constellation of health colleges, research centers and institutes, hospitals, faculty practices, and patient care programs. Academic health centers make discoveries that lead to breakthroughs in patient care, and our patients are at the heart of everything we do. UF

PlayingMath is an educational platform for teachers or parents who want to supervise their children’s daily math progress more closely. Our goal is to improve children’s outcomes while reducing the cost of education by encouraging the incorporation of digital tools and applications into school programs or independently used by parents as tutoring. Our aim to

With nearly 30 Nobel prizes awarded to Princeton’s faculty and staff, Princeton University is often thought of as a source of extraordinary fundamental work that can be somewhat removed from practical applications. While many of today’s Princeton researchers continue to pursue curiosity-driven knowledge, increasing numbers among them also want to help solve the major challenges

Since its founding in 1855 as a teachers’ college, The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is united in its dedication to learning, passion for new ideas, and promise to make a positive difference in the world through our scholarship and community service.A highly selective institution, TCNJ is rated by U.S. News & World Report as

The Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences was founded on the premise that creating and building a new program could provide an educational experience to prepare students for the revolutionary changes in the way in which healthcare is practiced now and in the future. The advent of technological innovation and breakthroughs in

GogyUp expands employee opportunity and reduces employer risk by solving two interrelated problems: the lack of access to the basic literacy instruction 1 in 6 US adults need and the chronic labor shortage experienced across industries GogyUp is the first literacy instructional system to be built that explicitly addresses the instructional needs of adults, the