Public Policy Practicums

New Jersey Student Success Programs: An Inventory and Report of Promising Practices Prepared for the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education Chanel Donaldson, Mehreen Mian, Juan Rodriguez, Xinxin Wang, Christian Weisenbacher View Report “Student...

Promises Made, Promises Broken: An overview of Gambling in New Jersey and recommendations for the future Yixin Liu, Neha Mehta, Paul Siracusa, Annelisa Steeber, and Jared Sussman View Report New Jersey has benefited from being a frontrunner in many gambling sectors...

New Jersey Community Capital. South Jersey Initiative: An Investigation of Workforce and Economic Development in Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties Giancarlo Di Lonardo, Lorena Guadiana, Connor Montferrat, Lauren Rava, Michael Soszynski, and Maggie...

Bridging the Gap: Investigating opportunities for Encore Talent in Early Childhood Education in New Jersey Graie Hagans, Becky Kelleman, Yi Lu & Alana Vega View Report New Jersey is making significant efforts towards the well-being of young children through...

Mathematics Immersion Program Evaluation Shreya Barot, Noah Glyn, Kevin McGrath, Amanda Ragnauth View Report Higher education has been the focus of public policy debates for decades. Among the most pertinent topics relating to higher education are student debt, rising...

Encore Pathways in the State of New Jersey: An Analysis of Federal, State, and Local Programs for Encore.org Jui Agrawal, Nicholas J. Cuozzo, Shirley Ho, Yao Zhang View Report The objective of this report is to identify policies and programs within the state of New...

Who is Giving and Who is Getting? Charitable Giving in Mercer County, New Jersey Meera Ananth, Natalia Campora, Jiamin He, Steve Malencheck, Ajay Mirmira View Report Americans gave nearly $316.23 billion to charity in 2012.People donate for different reasons: to...

Newark–City of Learning: An Assessment of Postsecondary Attainment Data Prepared by the Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies In collaboration with: The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Newark City of Learning Collaborative View Report...

Saving New Jersey's Middle Class George Boff, Ed Murphy, Mateusz Pirtus View Report America’s middle class forms the heart of our society, and nowhere is this truer than in the state of New Jersey. In this paper, we attempt to narrow an admittedly broad definition of...