October 7, 2019 | In the News
It’s like living in an area that’s prone to hurricanes, says Carl E. Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. “You know it’s likely there will be another hurricane at some point and, if...
October 7, 2019 | In the News
According to the Rutgers University’s Center for Urban Policy Research, the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program contributed more than $14.4 billion in output in terms of goods and services to the U.S. economy and added $7.4 billion in gross domestic...
October 4, 2019 | In the News
“Why would you include property taxes as a benefit when you’re not collecting them?” said Michael Lahr, director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service. Lahr was part of a team at Rutgers that evaluated the cost-benefit model for the tax-credit awards last...
October 4, 2019 | In the News
“Why would you include property taxes as a benefit when you’re not collecting them?” said Michael Lahr, director of Rutgers Economic Advisory Service. Lahr was part of a team at Rutgers that evaluated the cost-benefit model for the tax-credit awards last year, and...
October 4, 2019 | In the News
The data collected as part of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey show that the median household brought in more than $63,000 in 2018. Ten years of slow, steady economic growth has brought the overall economy back from the depths of the mid-2000’s...
October 4, 2019 | In the News
Cities face specific challenges and opportunities when it comes to delivering low carbon infrastructure. Some technology that works well in a rural context can’t be transposed to a high-rise city. “Solar on a penthouse at the top of an 80-storey skyscraper...
October 3, 2019 | In the News
Martin Robins, director emeritus of Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, who worked at NJ Transit in its heyday, said it will take time to undo the problems plaguing an agency the size of NJ Transit, but a steady infusion of money is key....
October 2, 2019 | News
While transportation is an essential linkage for community inclusion, challenges related to access and service features of various transport modes available in the New Jersey can greatly limit the capability of persons with developmental disabilities (DD) to meet...
September 30, 2019 | In the News
Of course, taxing wealth and redistributing it to social programs that ease the burden of living on individuals earning less would translate to those people having more financial security. Boosting labor unions and continuing to raise minimum wages would help ease...
September 30, 2019 | In the News
Of course, taxing wealth and redistributing it to social programs that ease the burden of living on individuals earning less would translate to those people having more financial security. Boosting labor unions and continuing to raise minimum wages would help ease...
September 26, 2019 | In the News
DEVCO has some access to financing from other parties such as banks and investors, said Clinton Andrews, a professor of urban planning and director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building. It is difficult to get financing until banks and investors are convinced there...
September 26, 2019 | In the News
The enhancement would increase the natural gas supply of the New York City-based National Grid utilities company, allowing them and their customers to save money by switching from oil. For New Jersey, the enhancement would generate 3,186 jobs during the one-year...
September 24, 2019 | In the News
Several constitutional and political issues that continue to surface these days have been with us from the very founding of our nation. It may be rare, however, except in a classroom perhaps, to hear vigorous, thorough discussion of federalism and states’...
September 24, 2019 | News
A two-panel series on “Designing Value” will be held at the Bloustien School on consecutive Wednesday, October 2 and October 9. The events are presented by Bloustein School student organization EJB | DESIGNS, a group that networks both...
September 24, 2019 | News
A two-panel series on “Designing Value” will be held at the Bloustien School on consecutive Wednesday, October 2 and October 9. The events are presented by Bloustein School student organization EJB | DESIGNS, a group that networks both...
September 22, 2019 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
In their article, “What enables communities to resist neoliberal education reforms? Lessons from Newark and Camden, New Jersey” (Journal of Urban Affairs, April 2019), Bloustein School Associate Professor Julia Sass Rubin and Stephen Danley (Rutgers, Camden) examine...
September 21, 2019 | In the News
Alex Pentland, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and one of the world’s “most powerful data scientists,” according to Forbes, first became involved with phones even before they were invented. Pentland, who lectured at the Edward J....
September 21, 2019 | In the News
A survey by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University of workers ages 45 and older who joined the school’s New Start … September 20., 2019, Asbury Park Press
September 21, 2019 | In the News
A survey by the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University of workers ages 45 and older who joined the school’s New Start … September 20., 2019, Asbury Park Press
September 20, 2019 | In the News
“Rellevate’s suite of financial services will reduce the volatility in income that a growing number of Americans face. It will also enable them to better meet unanticipated expenses, meaning they no longer have to rely on high-cost alternatives,” said William M....
