“The pandemic has really transformed work. It’s transformed lifestyles. It’s transformed how we basically live,” says Rutgers University Professor James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. COVID-19 sparked the Great...
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Commentary: The ‘Ed Scare’ takes hold in America
The value of books has been recorded thousands upon thousands of times. Books have espoused freedom and widened horizons, prompted dreams and helped imagine futures. They have mitigated despair and offered hope, relayed history, answered questions and raised more. And...
N.J. immigrant relief program about to end just as it’s gaining steam. Insiders doubt it will be revived.
Although New Jersey is typically a reliably blue state politically, legislature leaders have been cautiously moderate on many progressive issues, said Associate Rutgers University Professor Julia Sass Rubin, director of the Policy Program at the Edward J Bloustein...
Empty Spaces: With Office Work Changed Forever Due to COVID-19, Office Parks Will Change, Too
The pandemic has altered the workplace dynamic, and experts say the North Jersey landscape built on officeparks is about to change forever. "In the Northeast, the five-day-a-week in-office is history," said Jim Hughes, a Rutgers professor and dean...
In both New Jersey and Soviet Russia, democracy requires a choice of candidates
As a child in Soviet Russia, I distinctly remember my mom voting. Like most Russians, she never missed an election — all adult citizens were expected to vote and failing to do so could have substantial economic and political repercussions. Although rates of voting...
Ten years in NJ property taxes: Rising, but kept (somewhat) in check
To be sure, much has happened in New Jersey since the 2% cap was enacted, and it’s hard to fully attribute the slowed growth to just one thing. In addition to enacting the 2% cap on levy increases, and the similar restriction on police officer and firefighter pay...
Shooting Calls to NBPD Increased Sharply in 2021, Data Analysis Shows
Since January 2020, the NBPD received a total of 205 calls reporting shots fired or shot heard in the area. The number of calls reporting shots fired or shots heard in the area was 61 through mid-November 2020, while there were 122 such incidents during the same time...
NTI’s Billy Terry Discusses Training that Builds Communities on Transit Unplugged Podcast
The National Transit Institute at Rutgers serves as the training arm of the transit industry, focusing on the administrative side including procurement, DBE, financial management, and more.
Will the labor shortage help close the pay gap between men and women?
Linda Stamato, a senior policy fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, says the current labor shortages may provide some of the necessary leverage to eliminate the pay gap between women and men. Opinion, NJ.com,...
Some Newark charter schools fail to fully comply with transparency rules
Charter schools’ failure to keep the public informed about their board proceedings is significant, as more than a third of Newark’s public school students attended charter schools last year and $300 million, or 28% of the district’s budget this school year, will go to...