March 31, 2015 | In the News
James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, cautioned that the large increase in New Jersey’s construction employment report for January and February may be revised downward, because the cold weather...
March 30, 2015 | In the News
By William M. Rodgers III During New Jersey’s economic recovery from 2009 to 2013, the state’s poverty rate increased from 9.4 to 11.4 percent. Over this same time period, the nation’s poverty rate fell. Most disturbing was the increase in the...
March 30, 2015 | In the News
by Rasika Athawale, Frank Felder and Gayatri Gadag The electricity industry is undergoing rapid changes in response to policy push as an outcome from climate change concerns and disruption pull from products and solutions such as distributed energy resources and...
March 30, 2015 | In the News
Rutgers helps four communities make “health impact assessments” part of broader policy and long-term planning, sets May conference on topic. NJ Spotlight, April 1
March 28, 2015 | In the News
The PARCC test is detrimental to student learning because educators feel forced to teach lessons with the purpose of ensuring students pass, said Julia Sass Rubin, an associate professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Rutgers...
March 28, 2015 | In the News
“This is really what we’d call a demographic long wave,” James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University told NJ Advance Media. “It’s been going on for a long time and it will continue to go...
March 27, 2015 | In the News
Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, said that a state-mandated fee schedule would be the most efficient system, but that it would be difficult to develop the schedule. NJ Spotlight, March 27
March 27, 2015 | In the News
“This is really what we’d call a demographic long wave,” said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. It’s been going on for a long time and it will continue to go on. The result is a...
March 27, 2015 | In the News
Joseph Seneca, a Rutgers University economist, said Wall Street’s warnings held no surprise. “The fiscal realities here and now though are pretty dire,” he remarked. “The drop of more than 50 percent drop in the tax base is stunning. It has to...
March 27, 2015 | In the News
The libertarian-leaning me believes an American employer should be able to hire pretty much anyone he or she wants to hire. But the taxpaying me believes that if the federal government limits immigration yet creates a special visa program for highly skilled foreign...
March 27, 2015 | In the News
James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, said Jersey City can never be overlooked due to its close proximity to New York City, but it’s also benefiting from what he calls the “greatest age structure transformation...
March 27, 2015 | In the News
Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said he was holding February’s report at arm’s length. One reason? The construction industry added 2,100 jobs, the government said, even though the cold and snowy weather brought construction projects to a...
March 26, 2015 | In the News
A program being undertaken by the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools seeks to make students with special needs comfortable with public transportation. The joint effort with Rutgers University and the New Jersey Travel Independence Program promotes “a...
March 26, 2015 | In the News
Joe Seneca, a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, agrees that stagnant salaries have contributed to the problem. He also said in recent years “a lot of the re-employment after the Great Recession has been in...
March 26, 2015 | In the News
“We went too far in terms of development,” said James Hughes, dean of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, who said household sizes in perimeter counties are shrinking. “It’s largely due to...
March 26, 2015 | In the News
Martin E. Robins, founding director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, said he was surprised that discussions had broken down. … who advised Sweeney on high-priority transportation projects that need funding. “I’m very worried...
March 26, 2015 | In the News
Millennials are not likely to dole out cash to cover commuting expenses but will do their best to live affordably in an area with a large selection of nearby amenities, according to a study from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. A team of...
March 25, 2015 | In the News
Detractors of the rule say a Supreme Court ruling in favor of industry could also leave the Obama administration in a sort of tail-spin, in the position of having to re-issue a rule – a process that could take significant amounts of time. But other legal minds say...
