About Us
New Jersey Pathways Leading Apprentices to a College Education (NJ PLACE) is a statewide program that helps people apply their apprenticeship education from participating programs toward a college degree at any of New Jersey’s nineteen community colleges. NJ PLACE does not promote apprenticeship as an alternative to a college education, but as an exciting and promising pathway to it!
NJ PLACE is administered by the University College Community at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and funded through the State Employment and Training Commission (SETC) and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD).
NJ PLACE is a partnership between many organizations, including: NJ’s community colleges, organized labor, employer associations, federally registered apprenticeship programs, educational institutions, and several state agencies. Together, they developed a statewide model to award college credit to graduates of participating registered apprenticeship programs.
NJ PLACE negotiated articulation agreements with all of our state’s community colleges to award a minimum number of credits toward an associate degree based on college-level learning in registered apprenticeship programs. In addition, a New Jersey law passed in January 2010 makes it possible for participants completing this degree to easily transfer to a state 4-year college or university. The Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations has already created a Bachelor degree pathway to their BS in Labor and Employment Relations, and we are working on more bachelor degree transfer options for the future.
Click here to learn more about how NJ PLACE works.
NJ PLACE Founding & Supporting Partners:
Advisory Committee Members:
- Building Contractors Association of NJ
- NJ Commission on Higher Education
- NJ Council of County Colleges
- NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- NJ State AFL-CIO
- NJ State Building and Construction Trades Council
- NJ State Employment and Training Commission
- University College Community at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- US Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship
Participating Apprenticeship and Training Programs:
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
- International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators & Allied Workers
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, District 15 and Corporation for Re-Employment and Safety Training
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Joint Apprenticeship and Training Funds of Sheet Metal Locals 19, 22, 25 & 27 and the International Training Institute for the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Industry
- NJ Department of Corrections Officer Training Institute
- NJ Health Care Employers, District 1199J - AFSCME Training and Development Fund
- Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
- United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry
Click here for information and resources for our Registered Apprenticeship Partners.
New Jersey Community Colleges:
- Atlantic Cape Community College
- Bergen County College
- Brookdale County College
- Burlington County College
- Camden County College
- Cumberland County College
- Essex County College
- Gloucester County College
- Hudson County Community College
- Mercer County Community College
- Middlesex County College
- County College Of Morris
- Ocean County College
- Passaic County Community College
- Raritan Valley County College
- Salem County College
- Sussex County Community College
- Union County College
- Warren County Community College
Click here for information and resources for our NJ Community College Partners.
Interested in becoming an NJ PLACE Partner?
Contact us at 732-932-7924 or send us an e-mail.
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