December 3, 2020 | In the News
Working remotely isn’t new, but the United States has never seen it at its current scale. The shift can benefit workers as well as employers and society at large — but there can also be costs. When those costs are financial, it’s important that the employer or the...
December 3, 2020 | In the News
John Petrides, portfolio manager at Tocqueville Asset Management, and William M. Rodgers III, professor and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, join Cheddar to discuss economic health, vaccine optimism, and the labor...
December 3, 2020 | Event Recap
12/2 Considerations for Returning to the Office: A 5 Phase Framework click to play As businesses contemplate the return to the office, organizations are grappling with a myriad of issues as they attempt to address both employee anxiety and the management of risk....
November 25, 2020 | EJB Talks
On this episode of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro welcomes Bloustein School alumnus and Advisory Board Member Jason Redd, Esq. BS (Public Health) ‘01, MCRP ’04. They discuss how public health, urban planning, and policy can interact to improve people’s lives, as well as...
November 21, 2020 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
For more information or to speak with a Bloustein School faculty member about their research, please contact Marcia Hannigan (848) 932-2828. Are immigrants different from native-born people? If so, does urban planning for immigrants need to be different? New research...
November 18, 2020 | Event Recap
11/17 Why is Quality of Life Falling in the US? (recording not available) The Social Progress Index offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress, benchmarking success, and catalyzing greater human well-being. Creating a society with...
November 11, 2020 | In the News
Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D-S.C.) endorsement of Joe Biden, and the ensuing high Black voter turnout across the South, foreshadowed the potential influence gender and race would play in the 2020 general election. Last Tuesday’s exit polls indicate that 8 out of 10...
November 10, 2020 | In the News
The Biden administration’s “first six months to a year will be taking up the issues [such as] figuring out which Trump administration initiatives are going to require significant effort to reverse and putting the effort into those,” said Stuart Shapiro, associate dean...
November 9, 2020 | In the News
“The longer you’re out of work, the harder it is to get re-employed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of the New Start Career Network at Rutgers University. “I think we’re on the cusp of catastrophic long-term unemployment. The fact that so many of the layoffs we...
November 9, 2020 | In the News
Andrea Hetling, associate professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, explained the relationship between employment and safety in communities of color. “From an employment standpoint, the...
