March 30, 2017 | In the News
Another difference between these programs and other development strategies is that the state does not choose which investment firms may participate based on their investment plans or their track record with similar investments. Instead, the investment firms are...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
In December 2012, Dr. James W. Hughes, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, and his colleague, Dr. Joseph J. Seneca, published, Reinventing the New Jersey Economy: New Metropolitan and Regional Employment Dynamics. The...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
Amid much fanfare yesterday, President Trump announced an executive order intended to roll back Obama administration climate policies. The executive order (like many of Trump’s actions to date) is largely ceremonial, however. Whether or not Trump has a lasting...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
Low-income college students and families in New Jersey are offered more financial aid from New Jersey than from the larger federal grant program, according to a Washington Post article. Most states provide significantly less than the federal program does. Carl E. Van...
March 28, 2017 | In the News
White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney recently defended proposed budget cuts to prominent anti-hunger programs, including the popular Meals on Wheels America and school meal programs, stating that the administration will not spend...
March 28, 2017 | In the News
How does a public university differ from a private one? In many ways, perhaps, the differences are barely discernible, but in one particular way, a public research university is distinctive: Its commitment to the public service. Land grant universities, particularly,...
March 17, 2017 | Urban Planning Studios
Report Presentation Students in this fall 2016 studio at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy worked with clients from the City of Bayonne and the Bayonne Public School District to develop a district school travel plan that identifies barriers...
March 14, 2017 | Career, News
by Rafay Kazmi, MPP ’18 The Bloustein School’s student-led International Development Interest Group (IDIG), in collaboration with Bloustein’s Office of Student and Academic Services, Career Development department recently held an alumni panel, Careers in...
March 13, 2017 | In the News
In the early days of the dispute resolution movement—the 1980s and 1990s—the concern was often expressed that we weredeveloping a system of “second-class justice” for those who couldn’t afford the courts. The wealthy, of course, would continue to have access to the...
March 13, 2017 | Career, News
Congratulations to the Rutgers University team of Chelsea Moore-Ritchie (MCRP), Christine Winter (MCRP), Jane Allen (MCRP-MPP), Sharone Small (MCRP), and Kimberly Tryba (Landscape Architecture), who were selected as one of four team finalists for the 2017 HUD...
March 10, 2017 | In the News
Marc Morial, National Urban League CEO, and William Rodgers, Rutgers professor of public policy, weigh in on Friday’s jobs number. With CNBC’s Steve Liesman. MSNBC, March 10
March 10, 2017 | Career, News
by Paul Hislip, Communications intern (Class of 2018) The Bloustein School recently hosted Usha Pitts, a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State who delivered a presentation about working in the field of diplomacy—the good, the bad, and everything in...
March 6, 2017 | Career, News
On January 26-27, the American Planning Association New Jersey chapter and the Bloustein School presented the 2017 New Jersey Planning Conference. As the only planning school in the state, faculty and staff from the Bloustein School have a major presence during the...
March 6, 2017 | In the News
Marc Pfeiffer, Senior Policy Fellow and Assistant Director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center in New Jersey, notes that a new twist on the legal concept of municipal insolvency could change how some financially troubled local governments seek permission...
