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...
February 14, 2017 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
The editors of the Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER) will host the annual JPER Writing Workshop for New Scholars on July 17-19, 2017, at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New...
February 8, 2017 | Career, In the News, News
An op-ed by Amy Dunford MPP ’17, which originally appeared in NJSpotlight in August 2016, was chosen as one of the publication’s “2016 Best Op-Eds.” The piece, “Earned Sick Leave a Lifeline for Survivors of Domestic Violence,” was...
February 1, 2017 | In the News
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman told CNNTech that they are awaiting guidance on the freeze and how it will impact this particular visa program. He declined to comment further. According to Stuart Shapiro, director of Rutgers University’s public...
January 29, 2017 | In the News
President Trump’s ban on refugees from mostly Muslim nations could be used as propaganda by the Islamic State to recruit more violence-prone members, experts said Sunday. “It (the ban) is giving a pretty good recruiting tool to ISIS,” said Stuart Shapiro, a...
January 28, 2017 | In the News
Sometimes government actions result in making the problem they are trying to fix worse rather than solving it. For example, we don’t know much yet about the harm of smoking e-cigarettes. But we are relatively sure that they are less harmful than regular...
January 27, 2017 | In the News
It’s a grim time for truth. We have entered a strange new world dominated by fake news — intentional misinformation and disinformation campaigns — by deliberate hoaxes and the slander of solid, verifiable facts as false, not to mention the maligning of...
January 24, 2017 | In the News
The office launched during the early 1980s following the Paperwork Reduction Act and has historically worked to balance the president’s political interests with science. “OIRA is largely a reactive office,” said Stuart Shapiro, a former employee who...
January 20, 2017 | In the News
Among the many rules that could be eliminated or scaled back using the APA are the Clean Power Plan and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Fiduciary Rule. However, as Professor Stuart Shapiro, the director of the Public Policy Program at Rutgers University, explains, this...
January 19, 2017 | Donor Spotlight
Dorothea Berkhout has committed to make a bequest of $50,000 to the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to establish the Dorothea Berkhout Endowment for Staff Professional Development. The interest from this endowment will provide financial...
January 13, 2017 | In the News
After three tumultuous years — during which insurers entered and exited the market, new types of coverage were offered, premiums rose and website problems were overcome — the market for those who buy their own health coverage appears finally to be settling down....
January 13, 2017 | In the News
Census data released in December shows how much the state has changed over the past decade, particularly in Hunterdon County as more people move to urban centers in the northeastern part of the state. James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning...
