Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:71B-109

  • Employment: includes employment in a position. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
6. Each research university that participates in the ACES Program shall annually submit a report on the program to the Secretary of Higher Education in a time and manner as determined by the secretary. The report shall include, but not be limited to:

a. the number of eligible underrepresented students who were nominated for the pre-college summer program and who applied for admission to the university;

b. the number of eligible underrepresented students who participated in the pre-college summer program and who enrolled in the university;

c. the number and percentage of pre-college summer program students who participated in the undergraduate ACES Scholar program;

d. the number and percentage of pre-college summer program students who enrolled in a STEM undergraduate degree program;

e. the annual retention rate of undergraduate students who enrolled in the university after participating in the pre-college summer program;

f. the graduation rate and employment data for students who participated in the undergraduate ACES Scholar program, including the corporations and companies employing the students; and

g. the amount of private funding secured by the university from the State‘s private sector, including from corporations and companies representative of the STEM industry.

L.2019, c.431, s.6.