To do that, she tasked the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) with creating a set of curriculum standards to define the «thorough and efficient» mandate in the state constitution so her administration could
put a price tag on education in New Jersey to support her suggested state funding levels.
Calls for at least a year of
education or training after high school, as President Barack Obama has issued,
put special pressure
on community colleges, which are arguably the most democratic of higher
education institutions, with their low
price tags, broad missions, and open admissions policies.