New Jersey City University Faculty Handbook
GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

Higher Education in New Jersey

As previously noted, the 1986 Autonomy Laws, the 1994 Higher Education Restructuring Act, and other laws governing state colleges/universities grant to local trustee boards a significant degree of fiscal and operational independence from state government. Nevertheless, the colleges/universities and their respective trustee boards continue to interact with a number of state entities, including:

• the Commission on Higher Education and the President’s Council (state-level coordination of higher education);
  
  
• the New Jersey State College Governing Boards Association (advocacy and joint agreements);
  
  
• the Office of Employee Relations within the state Department of Personnel (collective bargaining, contract implementation and conflict resolution);
  
  
• the state Department of Treasury (budget and fiscal policy); and
  
  
• the Attorney General’s office (legal representation).