March 24, 2015 | In the News
If the high court sends the rule back to the EPA for cost consideration, said Stuart Shapiro, Rutgers University public policy program director, it could take the agency the rest of the Obama administration to reissue the rule. The Hill, March 24
March 24, 2015 | In the News
James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said workers’ earnings in New Jersey have been stifled because there were far more people looking for work than there were jobs available. NJ.com, March...
March 23, 2015 | In the News
Rutgers University labor force expert Hal Salzman distinguished between a skills shortage and difficulties hiring workers at the price an employer wants to pay. Science Careers, March 23
March 23, 2015 | In the News
Julia Sass Rubin, who is also a professor at Rutgers University, said the revelations about social-media monitoring blew up in part because so many parents are already angry about PARCC and are suspicious of Pearson. The Washington Post, March 23
March 22, 2015 | In the News
Without those subsidies developers might not provide homes for low-income people, said Marc Pfeifer, assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University and a consultant on parts of the Economic Opportunity Act. New York Times,...
March 21, 2015 | In the News
Charles Brown, senior research specialist at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers and project manager of the New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center, said while distracted driving and distracted walking have emerged as large problems thaqt...
March 19, 2015 | In the News
Americans are being crowded out of their jobs and being replaced by H-1B workers, witnesses told the Senate Judiciary Committee during a Tuesday hearing including Professor Hal Salzman of Rutgers University. March 18
March 18, 2015 | In the News
“It’s relatively small compared to the peak job growth of the late ’90s,” Rutgers University economist Joseph J. Seneca said. “But it’s significantly stronger than what we thought it was, and we’re off to a good start for...
March 17, 2015 | In the News
“When there is a shortage, wages go up,” said Hal Salzman, a professor of planning and public policy at Rutgers University. “So, if there is a demand out there, why haven’t we seen wages increase?” USA Today, March 17
March 17, 2015 | In the News
The revised numbers indicate “a much more robust job performance in the state” than earlier numbers suggested, said Joseph Seneca, a Rutgers … NorthJersey.com, March 17
March 17, 2015 | In the News
A top economist at Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, Nancy Mantell, said: “It always concerns me that you’re just moving people … Cherry Hill Courier Post, March 17
March 17, 2015 | In the News
A top economist at Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, Nancy Mantell, said: “It always concerns me that you’re just moving people around, not creating anything particularly new to the regional economy. And this is not going to help the places the...
March 17, 2015 | In the News
A top economist at Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, Nancy Mantell, said: “It always concerns me that you’re just moving people around, not creating anything particularly new to the regional economy. And this is not going to help...
March 17, 2015 | In the News
“There is no evidence we know of that backs up their claims of a shortage,” Hal Salzman, a Rutgers University professor of public policy who researches workforce development, told VICE News. He added that multiple studies have illustrated how the...
March 14, 2015 | In the News
Julia Sass Rubin, a professor at Rutgers University and advocate with the Save Our Schools New Jersey coalition, said the funding threat was baseless. Schools routinely fall below the 95 percent participation rate, she told reporters after the hearing. “That has...
March 13, 2015 | In the News
The New Jersey Travel Independence Program (NJTIP) at Rutgers is partnering with Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) to train special education students to feel more comfortable using public transportation to get from place to place. Rutgers...
March 12, 2015 | In the News
… when schools fell below the 95 percent rate, member Julia Sass Rubin said after the hearing. Rubin called the testimony a “show of political theater.” NJ.com, March 12
March 12, 2015 | In the News
In light of the major litigation that has been going on between Morristown and its largest employer, the Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health Systems, and being aware of the potential consequences that a decision is likely to have, and one that is...
