November 9, 2021 | In the News
Nearly a week after Election Day, New Jersey Democrats are at odds over what the results mean. Should the loss of seats in the Legislature for the second cycle in a row spur some soul searching about the party’s direction? Or should Democrats celebrate a gubernatorial...
November 8, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
In a new article, “Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform,” (Journal of the American Planning Association, Sept. 2021) Nicholas J. Klein of Cornell University, Bloustein School associate professor Kelcie Ralph, Calvin Thigpen, director of policy...
November 5, 2021 | In the News
That could clear an easier pathway for the governor’s unfinished legislative priorities, some analysts and legislators say. Despite losing some seats, Democrats will still control both houses of the Legislature. “Politically, it’s an incredible opportunity for...
November 4, 2021 | EJB Talks
On this episode of EJB Talks Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Emeritus Bob Lake, who helped shape our world-ranked urban planning program and led our doctoral program. Bob shares his vision of urban planning and talks to Stuart about his book on John Dewey, and how...
November 2, 2021 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
On Friday, November 12 the Bloustein School hosted a virtual workshop, “Public Informatics for a Better Future: Textual Analytics with R and Social Media Data.” Led by Dr. Jim Samuel, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Master of Public...
October 21, 2021 | In the News
More than 2 million women have left the workforce since the beginning of the pandemic. A major hurdle to their return is the lack of affordable childcare. It’s a nationwide problem but federal assistance funds have been available since March 2021, including $694...
October 21, 2021 | EJB Talks
This week on EJB Talks we get back to telling the story of Bloustein through retired faculty. Stuart Shapiro welcomes his former colleague in the Public Policy Program and beloved Professor Emeritus, Henry Coleman. Professor Coleman gives Stuart his...
October 12, 2021 | In the News
Murphy’s Republican predecessor, Chris Christie, worked with Democrats in the Legislature a decade ago to put a 2% annual cap on property tax increases, with some exceptions. The effects of that cap have been clear with slower growth under Murphy, said Marc Pfeiffer,...
October 12, 2021 | In the News
When the U.S. Supreme Court, on Aug. 26, ruled against President Biden’s extension of the moratorium on evictions, it sacrificed the safety and quite possibly the lives of hundreds of Americans to a legal ideology known as legal positivism or the...
October 11, 2021 | In the News
The borough of Pine Valley in Camden County has already voted to consolidate into Pine Hill. The disappearing town has 21 residents – barely one for each hole on the main course at Pine Valley Golf Club, one of the top golf courses in the world and the borough’s...
October 8, 2021 | Alumni Spotlight, News
by Madison Welch The Scarlet Knights football program had a profound effect on Bloustein School alum Shawn Tucker RC ’07, MCRP ’12 during his time at Rutgers, and later his career. Shawn Tucker RC ’07, MCRP ’12 is the Associate Vice President and...
October 7, 2021 | In the News
But some say money can’t define bike-share programs’ success. Reminder, said Robert Noland, a professor of planning and public policy at Rutgers University: All transportation costs governments money. “So it’s fairly cheap for a city or the state to subsidize...
