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2024 College Rankings: Montclair Rises in Washington Monthly College Guide

University is No. 2 in New Jersey and No. 57 in the nation in publication’s latest rankings

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Computing Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance Human-Robot Collaboration

Research focuses on leveraging the value of human-robot partnerships

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School of Communication and Media to Become a College in 2025

Currently part of Montclair’s College of the Arts, the School will become a stand-alone college in July 2025

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University Launches Four New Online Degree Programs

The fully online programs focus on in-demand career paths including psychology, accounting, business administration and social work

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Montclair Awarded $1 Million to Develop Unique Character Education Course Using Virtual Reality

With grant support from the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University, Montclair is positioned to be a leader in offering innovative, character-focused coursework in its core curriculum

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University Announces Tuition and Fees

Montclair remains one of New Jersey’s most affordable schools as students gain access to record institutional aid

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Boys Outperform Girls in Giving Accurate Directions, New Study Says

Psychology researchers at Montclair examine how boys and girls aged 3 to 10 years differ in direction giving or recalling directions

Tens of Thousands of Black Teachers in the South and Border States Lost Their Jobs Post-Brown. What About Those Outside the South?

A new report by Educational Foundations Professor Zoë Burkholder examines the trajectory of Black teachers in the North before and after 1954.

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Montclair Awarded Prestigious Carnegie Leadership Designation for Public Service Efforts

The Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose Classification recognizes institutions that have committed to campus-wide efforts to advance leadership in pursuit of public goods like justice, equity, diversity and liberty

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Montclair Faculty Earn Inaugural MLA Pathways Step Grant

Team of humanities faculty earns prestigious award to define career pathways in modern languages

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Montclair State University Opens The Charles J. Muth Museum of Hinchliffe Stadium

New museum and learning center will chronicle history of Hinchliffe and serve as educational resource for Paterson and Montclair State University students

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Bristol Myers Squibb to Fund Research for Five CSAM Students

Pharmaceutical company will support five health-focused research projects conducted by Montclair students