Started in 1971, the Council for Higher Education in Newark, CHEN, consisted of four

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institutions of higher learning in

Newark Newark most commonly refers to: * Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States * Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area Newark may also refer to: Places Canada * Niagara-on-the ...

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including: New Jersey Medical School - Rutgers,

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(NJIT), Rutgers–Newark, and

Essex County College Essex County College (ECC) is a public community college in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. History In August 1966, the Essex County Board of Freeholders approved the creation of Essex County College and in September 1968, more than a ...

. The schools are all located in the city's University Heights neighborhood which borders downtown. The institutions that made up CHEN were organized as an

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. CHEN was founded to foster internal cooperation among the four institutions with regard to research and educational opportunities for their respective populations and to contribute to the ongoing revitalization of University Heights, and, more broadly, to the economic development of Newark and the northern New Jersey region in general.

Citations

External links

New Jersey Medical School website

NJIT website

Rutgers–Newark website

Essex County College website
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