October 13, 2023 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract Sexual harassment is a serious problem that continues to affect primarily women in the United States workforce today. The modeling industry within cultural economy—which focuses on the production of goods and services chiefly for their aesthetic...
October 11, 2023 | In the News
Americans are increasingly concerned about losing their jobs as elevated mortgage rates and inflationary goods keep them worried about paying for basic necessities like food and housing. As the Fannie Mae (FNMA/OTCQB) Home Purchase Sentiment Index shows, customers are...
October 11, 2023 | In the News
Fewer and fewer children are attending public schools in New Jersey. Across the Garden State, public school enrollment dropped by nearly 36,000 students between 2012-13 and 2022-23, according to analysis by the Asbury Park Press. The drops are causing budget strains...
October 4, 2023 | In the News
A rising number of Americans are quitting their jobs even as their savings deplete and personal debt rises. New data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the number of job openings in the United States grew unexpectedly during the month of August. Stressed...
October 3, 2023 | In the News
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear a pivotal case aimed at challenging New Jersey’s controversial ballot laws in a decision not to take up a case that could have threatened the entrenched political establishment’s ability to manipulate the electoral...
October 1, 2023 | In the News
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...
September 29, 2023 | News
The Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program, a core education program of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, was one of the first activities undertaken by the Institute after it was established in 1956 with a bequest from Florence Peshine Eagleton. Rutgers graduate...
September 28, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
The U.S. labor market has experienced significant changes during the past two decades. Profound changes were driven by technology, business strategies, public policy, and shifting social norms. Two enormous economic shocks — the Great Recession of 2007–2009 and the...
September 27, 2023 | In the News
The Lakewood School District in New Jersey is facing severe financial distress, having borrowed $165 million since 2014 and now seeking an additional $93 million loan from the state to stay afloat. This mounting debt has been primarily attributed to the...
September 27, 2023 | News
The Bloustein School’s Kedar Nagarajan (MCRP ’23) was one of nine graduate students (including Nashia Basit) selected as a 2023-24 Morgan Stanley Community Development Graduate Fellow. Now in its 12th year, the Fellowship is a program that supports the...
September 27, 2023 | In the News
A new opinion piece by Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe, policy fellows at the New Jersey State Policy Lab covers how two recent decisions by the United States Supreme Court diminish the regulatory authority of federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection...
September 25, 2023 | In the News
New Jersey’s unemployment rate has steadily risen over the past year and now ranks among the highest in the nation. But while some economists and others suggest that’s a cause for concern, the topline numbers may not tell the full story. The state unemployment rate...
September 21, 2023 | News
The relatively recent introduction of publicly accessible artificial intelligence-driven chatbots (e.g., Bard, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude) have focused public attention on the broader individual and societal harms that can result from algorithms that are embedded in...
September 21, 2023 | News
Dr. Patti O’Brien-Richardson was a speaker at the 2023 World Afro Day – Workplace on September 15th in the UK. Dr. O’Brien-Richardson provided hair discrimination policy training for corporations and HR professionals, spoke on the need for policies...
September 20, 2023 | In the News
The United States is about to embark on an experiment inspired by one of the New Deal’s most popular programs. On Wednesday, the Biden administration authorized the creation of the American Climate Corps through an executive order. The program would hire 20,000 young...
