Governor Murphy signed P.L. 2019, c. 298 into law in January 2020, establishing a Study Commission to examine the Tuition Aid Grant (TAG) program. The Commission is charged with identifying any barriers, gaps, or deficiencies in the successful operation of TAG and then developing recommendations for improvements to the program to be included in a final report to the Governor and the Legislature in 2021.
The 10 members of the Commission listed below include five individuals appointed by the Governor to represent five sectors of New Jersey higher education (public research universities, State colleges and universities, county colleges, independent colleges and universities, and licensed degree-granting proprietary schools), as well as the executive director of HESAA and four public members appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly.
President, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Representative of Independent Institutions
Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, Rowan College of South Jersey
Public Member
Carteret, New Jersey
Chancellor Emerita, Rutgers University-Camden, and Professor of Law
Representative of Public Research Universities
President, New Jersey City University
Representative of State Colleges & Universities
President, Beth Medrash Govoha
Chairman, Berkeley College
Representative of Degree-Granting Proprietary Institutions
Woodbridge, New Jersey
President, Union County College
Representative of County Colleges
Executive Director, New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA)
