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MYB This Weekend: NJ’s Opportunity Agenda Goes Into Action

April 27 2026 at 9:59 AM | Council news

MYB This Weekend: NJ’s Opportunity Agenda Goes Into Action

On this weekend’s “Minding Your Business” on News 12+, New Jersey Council of County Colleges Chief Innovation and Policy Officer Maria Heidkamp, NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Althea D. Ford and YMCA State Alliance CEO Julie Gallanty join Bob Considine to discuss New Jersey’s Opportunity Agenda, an updated collective road map for a Future Ready New Jersey, which includes the goal of having 75% of New Jersey adults in the labor market to have postsecondary degrees or credentials of value by 2040.

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Ocean County College

1 College Dr, Toms River, NJ 08754, United States

Phone: 732-255-0482

Email: hub@ocean.edu

Website: https://www.ocean.edu/admissions-aid/

Passaic County Community College

1 College Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07505, United States

Phone: (973) 341-1600

Email: admissions@pccc.edu

Website: https://pccc.edu/admissions/

Mercer County Community College

1200 Old Trenton Rd, West Windsor Township, NJ 08550, United States

Phone: 609-586-4800

Email: admiss@mccc.edu

Website: https://www.mccc.edu/admissions.shtml

Warren County Community College

475 NJ-57, Washington, NJ 07882, United States

Phone: (908) 835-2300

Email: StudentServices@warren.edu

Website: https://www.warren.edu/category/admissions/

Hudson County Community College

70 Sip Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, United States

Phone: (201) 714-7200

Email: col@hccc.edu

Website: https://www.hccc.edu/admissions/index.html

Bergen Community College

400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, NJ 07652, United States

Phone: (201) 447-7200

Email: admissions@bergen.edu

Website: https://bergen.edu/students/?scg-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn-2tBhDVARIsAGmStVnQeKGNwLqwxI0i4iwVbR8u-LKD0VkhFId_auX37pH2MEIDhtPfc0AaAiQCEALw_wcB

Sussex County Community College

1 College Hill Rd, Newton, NJ 07860, United States

Phone: 973-300-2223

Email: admissions@sussex.edu

Website: https://www.sussex.edu/admissions/

Camden County College

200 N Broadway, Camden, NJ 08102, United States

Phone: (856) 227-7200

Email: admissions@camdencc.edu

Website: https://www.camdencc.edu/admissions-financial-aid/how-to-apply/

Brookdale Community College

765 Newman Springs Rd, Lincroft, NJ 07738, United States

Phone: 732-224-1857

Email: admissions@brookdalecc.edu

Website: https://www.brookdalecc.edu/admissions/getting-started/

Essex County College

303 University Ave, Newark, NJ 07102, United States

Phone: (973) 877-3186

Email: ESX@essex.edu

Website: https://www.essex.edu/admissions/

Salem Community College

460 Hollywood Ave, Carneys Point, NJ 08069, United States

Phone: 856-299-2100

Email: admissions@salemcc.edu

Website: https://www.salemcc.edu/admissions

UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ

1033 Springfield Ave, Cranford, NJ 07016, United States

Phone: 908-709-7590

Email: denisa.klinkova-bace@ucc.edu

Website: https://www.ucc.edu/admissions/apply/

Raritan Valley Community College

118 Lamington Rd, Branchburg, NJ 08876, United States

Phone: 908-526-1200

Email: admissions@raritanval.edu

Website: https://www.raritanval.edu/admissions-information

Atlantic Cape Community College

5100 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, NJ 08330, United States

Phone: (609) 343-5000

Email: admissions@atlantic.edu

Website: https://www.atlanticcape.edu/admission/

County College of Morris

214 Center Grove Rd, Randolph, NJ 07869, United States

Phone: 973-328-5100

Email: admiss@ccm.edu

Website: https://www.ccm.edu/admissions/

Rowan College at Burlington County

900 College Circle, Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054

Phone: (856) 222-9311, ext. 1199

Email: admissions@rcbc.edu

Website: https://www.rcbc.edu/admissions

Middlesex College

2600 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08818

Phone: 732-548-6000

Email: jramosfernandez@middlesexcc.edu

Website: https://middlesexcollege.edu/admissions/

Rowan College of South Jersey

1400 Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ 08080 (Gloucester); 3322 College Drive, Vineland, NJ 08360 (Cumberland)

Phone: 856-200-4848

Email: admissions@rcsj.edu

Website: https://www.rcsj.edu/apply