New Law #3: NJ community colleges are the latest targets in the bullseye, as regulators continue to stalk higher education

TOMS RIVER — Ocean County College officials are working to put together a mountain of records sought by the State Commission of Investigation, part of what they believe to be a statewide community college probe coming on the heels of a scathing report of abuse at the state's senior public colleges.

"Obviously the commission has taken an interest in education," said SCI spokesman Lee Seglem, pointing to its probe of under-reported salaries and benefits for public school administrators, and the October report of abuses at the taxpayer-supported public colleges and universities.

Seglem said he could neither confirm nor deny that the probers are now focused on the community colleges, but OCC officials say they have been asked for financial and other records dating back many years.Read the rest of this story in the Asbury Park Press.