Bloom did his undergraduate studies at Hunter College in New York City, where he also earned a master's degree.
Among the details of his contract, there is included: President Bloom's contract takes top spot among New Jersey college presidents, making him the highest paid state employee in Newark, where the per capita income of residents is $20,000 annually and 27% of residents fall below the poverty line.
ft. multipurpose Wellness and Events Center costing over $100 million, which was financed through a mixture of student tuition increases and taxpayer money.
[11] During this time, NJIT also demolished several landmarked structures around its campus, among them the Warren Street School that had been considered for the National Register of Historic Places.
Other demolitions during this period included brownstones and two landmarked brick factories on Newark's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.