The NJ Academy of Science Executive Board is calling for support from our community to address the concerns about the present status of higher education especially in the science field. You are all aware that the ongoing pandemic has caused huge changes in the world of higher education and science teacher shortages. As the people entrusted with the hard decisions about what educational initiatives get funded, and in lean times, those that get cut, will need your help. One great example is Bloomfield college’s current financial status.

We, the executive board of the New Jersey Academy of Sciences, want you to consider how your (University administrators, NJ political leaders and the NJ Department of Education) decisions can impact the future of New Jersey as a home to science and scientists, and to prevent the loss of the intellectual and economic prosperity associated with being home to a large and diverse STEM community. Though we are an independent Academy, we are made up primarily of professors and instructors at four- and two- year colleges and high schools, and without institutional support, we cannot support the high-impact practices of student training in science and technical fields. In this letter, we will outline some of the risks we see to the scientific enterprise in the Garden State, and ask you to protect the institutions, particularly those that are major public assets, that face the very biggest risks.

NJAS official letter
https://www.njas.org/resources/2021/Files/NJ%20Scientists%20on%20threat%20with%20current%20changes.pdf

To all NJ Residents –
Please sign in support of science and scientists who may be targeted by these changes. This change may alter science education for years in NJ. We need your support to make sure the right choices are being made.

https://chng.it/RbzWwRpgFy

Sincerely,
The New Jersey Academy of Sciences Executive Board