December 11, 2015 | In the News
“One problem is not so much the amount of property exempt from taxation but the distribution of these exemptions,” wrote Donald A. Krueckeberg, then a professor of urban planning and associate dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public...
December 10, 2015 | In the News
Economist James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, explained that New Jersey’s economy has struggled from a number of causes since the recession. “New Jersey got hit hard by the contraction in the...
December 10, 2015 | In the News
In fact, Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon counties have all seen population decreases since the Great Recession, according to James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy at Rutgers University. Hughes said the the trend of more millennials...
December 9, 2015 | In the News
Experts in urban planning and related fields acknowledge that there are many ways to measure energy efficiency — or energy intensity, an idea that encompasses the quantity and quality of energy consumed — and that any assessment must include a degree of subjectivity....
December 9, 2015 | In the News
Professor of urban planning and policy development at Rutgers University Clinton Andrews told the Times when he’s looking at an ideal city, he usually finds mid-sized urban areas, surrounded by farms where people can walk to work. That example personified on a...
December 9, 2015 | In the News
Martin Robins, director emeritus at Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute at Rutgers University, said the formation of the corporation is “an important step in the realization of this project because it’s been largely a matter of talk and no action up until now.”...
December 7, 2015 | In the News
But even though the Great Recession hit lower-income residents and those with less education perhaps the hardest, it did not spare the earners economically above them. “Being high-income didn’t protect you,” said James W. Hughes, professor and dean...
December 6, 2015 | In the News
But while the test results are becoming public, the opt-out question remains unanswered about New Jersey’s first administration of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exams. “There is no reason why we should all be...
December 3, 2015 | In the News
One of the biggest challenges faced by North Jersey communities is holding onto its young adults. According to a report by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, people in their 20s and early 30s are opting to leave suburbs...
December 3, 2015 | In the News
“The end of the calendar year is usually a tale of two experiences,” said Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Van Horn said the end-of-year trend can often depend on the type of industry that people...
November 30, 2015 | In the News
Whether they like it or not, the executive branch has broad and exclusive power over immigration matters – which includes admitting refugees. Alternatively, they could be intercepted in other countries or captured on the battlefield and then brought back to the U.S.in...
November 24, 2015 | In the News
James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy at Rutgers University, also said he did not see much duplication to be cut. “Allergan has a sales staff that deals with their specific products, and Pfizer has its staff for different...
November 23, 2015 | In the News
“It had to be a consortium of public agencies in the New York region that could collaborate and carry out the project,” said Martin Robins, founding director of Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and a longtime transportation policy planner....
November 23, 2015 | In the News
About the largely Republican-led rush to condemn refugees for being victims and to close our doors to them, Dannel P. Malloy, the Democratic governor of Connecticut, said he was appalled. He had this to say about the behavior of his fellow governors who are...
November 19, 2015 | In the News
“I am not sure we could call it a breakout year,” said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy at Rutgers University. “But it’s certainly a far better performance than we thought we would have mid summer.” NorthJersey.com, November...
November 17, 2015 | In the News
Linda Stamato, a regular contributor to The Star-Ledger and NJ.com, is co-director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and a faculty fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. For-profit college...
