To make up a shortfall of more than $1 million in funding, Sussex County Community College’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition to $143.50 per credit hour and eliminate six jobs on the campus, according to a report in The New Jersey Herald, http://www.njherald.com/story/news/27TRUSTEES–for-04-27-11-web.

The college will lay off its information technology staff of five and contract with an outside company to provide the services, according to the report. The college will also eliminate the position of vice president of academic affairs, assigning the duties to Harry Damato, vice president of student services.

Sussex County Community College freshman Julie Ann Baruchian is featured on the NorthJersey.com news site for achieving the Gold Award, Girl Scouting’s highest honor, http://www.northjersey.com/community/118632009_Vernon_young_adult_to_receive_Girl_Scout_Gold_Award.html.

Sussex County Community College will not increase student tuition more than expected in the coming year, even after losing $1 million in county funding, according to a report in The New Jersey Herald, http://www.njherald.com/story/news/23SCCCBUDGET–for-03-23-11web. Tuition will increase by $18 per credit hour, but higher increases had been discussed after the county freeholders held firm on the reduction in county funding.