New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 64-21

All professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, supervisors, registrars, teachers, and other persons employed by the board of trustees of the state colleges shall have the same rights of tenure, seniority, pension, protection from liability, rights to legal counsel and all other rights and privileges of similar employees of the state board of education or the commissioner of education on July 1, 1967 in the existing state colleges.