So what your saying is that if I lived in NJ and have a child graduate HS and go directly to college that the state, by law and at the barrell of a gun would force me to pay the tuition bill?
I'm saying that in N.J. when, my children were in high school, I was responsible for them (ie: food, clothing, shelter, etc.) until they were emancipated.
I remember a court case where a girl sued her parents because they stopped providing her college tuition. The girl won.
But, hey, don't rely on me. Check out the law on it.
http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/parentsrefuse.phtml
This is what they are telling our little darlings. ;)