New Jersey has its own set of problems. James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, said more people are leaving the state than ever before. Hughes compared that statistic to a “balance of payments.”
Between 2010 and 2015, New Jersey lost 269,000 people to other states, putting it third highest in the nation for domestic “out-migration behind Illinois and New York, which was first.”
As a state with a well-educated and high-income population, we should expect New Jersey to have a high-performing healthcare delivery system. In some ways we do. Our average life expectancy is high and we have a lower-than-average uninsured rate (although it is...
Geisha D. Ester, Executive Director of Rutgers University’s National Transit Institute (NTI), has been named Vice Chair of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Workforce Development Committee. The announcement took place during the committee's October...
A Career Across Sectors: Building Communities Through Policy and Planning with Courtenay Mercer, AICP, PP, MCRP '02, In our second episode of EJB Talks this season, Dean Stuart Shapiro speaks with alumna and Bloustein Advisory Board member Courtenay MercerAICP,...
View the BREATHE Dashboard The Housing Authority of the City of Elizabeth (HACE), Rutgers University–New Brunswick, and the environmental nonprofit Groundwork Elizabeth recently unveiled the BREATHE Dashboard, an online resource that gives city residents...
By Mike Lucas Rutgers Today, September 23, 2026 An initiative from the Rutgers Democracy Lab equips students, faculty and staff with tools for respectful engagement on challenging public issues An initiative at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is helping students...