Assembly Higher Education Chairwoman Celeste Riley (D-Gloucester/Salem/Cumberland) had the following published in The News of Cumberland County :
“With the Legislature’s June 28 vote to restructure New Jersey’s higher education system, we had the opportunity to vote on change that will improve opportunity and access to higher education and to medical education throughout New Jersey. New Jersey is falling behind in the education of our workforce, but with that vote, we made an investment into our higher education system that will ultimately drive economic development…”