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New Jersey's Thomas Edison State College becomes university

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Thomas Edison State College is now a university.

Officials on Monday are celebrating last month's decision to grant university status to the school that opened in Trenton in 1972.

Thomas Edison serves more than 18,600 students and is the only institution in New Jersey dedicated to teaching adults.

 

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