August 3, 2020 | In the News
…. in the political sphere, dismissing women, feeling comfortable ridiculing and diminishing them, abusing them verbally, has been going on for a long time, violating any sane standard for acceptable behavior. But now, what may have once been thought, even...
July 31, 2020 | In the News
Small employers are at the cross-currents of pandemic-driven forces. Many small businesses rely on face-to-face interactions, and few have deep pockets to weather shutdowns and stalled demand. The revenue freefall that businesses have experienced over the last five...
July 29, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
Rutgers analyst James Hughes says the cultural and economic landscape’s been forever altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. He notes New Jersey’s still short 600,000 jobs lost to the lockdown. As for all the jobseekers, his new report sketches a bleak economic recovery...
July 29, 2020 | In the News
State and local revenues have cratered since New Jersey was slammed by the coronavirus, and the need to cut costs by sharing municipal services has taken on a greater meaning. Data from the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) shows that Gov. Murphy...
July 28, 2020 | EJB Talks
Stuart Shapiro welcomes Associate Professor of Public Policy Julia Rubin to our episode of EJB Talks this week. She shares her personal experience starting an NJ-based educational grassroots organization that exposed her to the institutional aspects of New Jersey...
July 27, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
New Jersey is the only state in the nation to see the number of new coronavirus cases drop in the last two weeks, but the pandemic’s financial impact continues to grow, according to a new Rutgers study. The economic freeze, fueled by...
July 27, 2020 | COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the public workforce system is working to expand its virtual operations and public-facing offerings to accommodate the ongoing need and demand for high-quality virtual assistance. In order to ensure frontline staff and customer...
July 21, 2020 | COVID-19, EJB Talks
Will the nature of college be forever changed by the pandemic and the ensuing recession? This is just one of the questions discussed on EJB Talks this week. Stuart Shapiro and Marc Weiner, Executive Director of Undergraduate Programs for the Bloustein School, examine...
July 20, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
For nearly four months, a large chunk of New Jersey has been working from home. Now, even though the state’s reopening is on pause, employers are preparing for an eventual return to the workplace — and experts familiar with the North Jersey suburban office market are...
July 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Undergraduate Public Health Student Spotlights
What Johvensky says: COVID-19 has not impacted my dream. In fact, it has only encouraged me to go down this route as many people are struggling now more than ever. My hope is this experience is able to provide me with the strength and knowledge necessary to make that...
July 17, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
While stocks are soaring, so are applications for unemployment. Applications for jobless aid are still about seven times higher than before the pandemic, and people are lining up outside unemployment offices, desperate for help. Economists remain concerned that...
July 17, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
It is a mistake for the governor and the Legislature to sell bonds to balance the fiscal year 2021 budget. Not only is it prohibited by the New Jersey Constitution but, more important, it is bad public policy and will ruin the state’s finances for years. Opinion by...
July 17, 2020 | COVID-19
At the height of the coronavirus shutdown in the spring, travel to more than 150,000 points of interest throughout New Jersey, including retail, health care, food stores and other essential and non-essential establishments decreased up to 80 percent compared to...
July 16, 2020 | In the News
Marc Pfeiffer, the assistant director of the Bloustein Local Government Research Center at Rutgers University, said the increase in taxes would go up about 20 percent a year. Township attorney Steven Martino, who helped draft the resolution, said a resident would not...
July 16, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
NJ 101.5 talks with James Hughes (Bloustein) about the jobs increase since May, which he said is a positive trend, but said the state needs to recover 74% more in order to get back to February levels. NJ1015.com, July 16, 2020
July 16, 2020 | COVID-19
As a follow-up to brief, Suddenly Virtual: Workforce Services, Eight Weeks Later, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development now offers Suddenly Virtual: A Review of Workforce Area Websites in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and...
July 15, 2020 | COVID-19, In the News
With a nation rattled by a public health emergency, a deep recession that has left thousands jobless, and growing signs of climate change, it may be time for bold new ideas to address those crises. “This is too good a crisis to go to waste” was the message of the...
July 15, 2020 | EJB Talks
Professor Stuart Shapiro speaks with senior research specialist Charles Brown of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center on the subject of disparities in transportation planning this week on EJB Talks. Mr. Brown, also an instructor in transportation policy and...
July 14, 2020 | COVID-19
A research brief by Jessica Starace and Carl Van Horn of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development examines the responses of leaders of New Jersey nonprofit organizations to survey questions about the financial impact of the COVID-19 public health...
July 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Undergraduate Public Health Student Spotlights
What Jessica says: I hope to pursue my MD and become an internal medicine/infectious disease physician. This has been a long-standing dream of mine, but seeing firsthand how much of a tremendous impact this role has on a global health crisis has motivated and excited...
