Education
Since the birth of our country, the cornerstone of the American Dream has been opportunity. In the 21st century, access to that opportunity requires access to a high-quality education system that allows students to compete in the global economy. We must provide everyone with access to a robust educational pipeline from preschool through high school to ensure that they can grow and pursue their full potential.
Finally, the key to achieving success in a modern economy is higher education. American students have access to the best higher education opportunities available, including traditional four-year colleges, apprenticeships, and other technical training. Every citizen deserves the opportunity to improve their career prospects without becoming burdened by debt.
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CHERRY HILL, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that South Jersey universities will receive a combined $2,626,453 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) for STEM research that will help us combat the opioid epidemic, find cures for diseases, train our future workforce and strengthen our local economies.
CHERRY HILL, NJ - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Higher Education & Workforce Investment, held a roundtable discussion with South Jersey higher education leaders and students. The discussion, which focused on affordability, accessibility and workforce training, precedes Congressional action to reauthorize the Higher Education Act this fall and winter.
GLASSBORO, NJ – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) joined Rowan University and defense leaders in announcing a $14.5 million U.S. Department of Defense and Army Research Lab project that will help modernize the Army and improve the safety of soldiers in the field and our nation as a whole.
Under a U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (ARL) cooperative agreement, a team led by Rowan will work with collaborators on developing innovative materials through using "cold-spray" advanced manufacturing technologies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01), member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, reintroduced the Remedial Education Improvement Act to make remedial – commonly called developmental – education programs more effective, fair and less expensive. The Act would improve or develop programs based on five reform models that have a proven track record. It would implement these reforms, establish a competitive grant program and allow for the use of federal student aid dollars to support up to two years of developmental education.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $503,399 for STEM research at Rowan University and the Spreadsheet Lab Manual in South Jersey.
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that Chelsea Yang of Cherry Hill won the 2019 Congressional Art Competition for New Jersey's First Congressional District.
Chelsea, a rising junior at Cherry Hill High School East, titled her winning acrylic painting "A Meaningful Visit," and it depicts a daughter visiting the gravesite of her father, who served in the U.S. military. The painting will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) – a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and House Armed Services Committee – voted in favor of H.R. 2740, a $982.8 billion "minibus" package that contains four Fiscal Year 2020 bills that fund federal agencies including the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Defense.
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross - a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor - celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Camden High School, which will be an approximately 270,000 square-foot school for around 1,200 ninth- through twelfth-grade students.
WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined by Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), reintroduced the Supporting the Teaching Profession Through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators (STRIVE) Act that addresses the country's real and growing teacher shortage by completely overhauling the current student loan forgiveness program and boosting financial assistance for teachers.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have awarded $1,668,052 to Rutgers University-Camden and Rowan University for scientific, medical and technological research and training.