Gov. Sherrill targets state aid to public colleges to push to narrow deficit

Gov. Sherrill targets state aid to public colleges to push to narrow deficit

Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s $60.7 billion budget proposal would reduce institutional support to public four-year universities by more than $93 million. (Photo by Daniella Heminghaus/New Jersey Monitor)Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s first budget proposal seeks to narrow the state’s deficit in part by reining in state aid to the state’s public four-year universities. Not counting $35 million lawmakers approved last year to effectuate a merger between Kean Univer…