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How office parks are dragging down N.J.'s recovery

April 6, 2015

Eighty percent of all the commercial office space that exists today was built in the 1980s. Much of that stuff is between 25-30 years of age now," said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. "What we're seeing...

Forever unemployed: Why NJ's long-term jobless rate remains among highest in US

April 5, 2015

Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, said there are several reasons New Jersey's long-term unemploymenthas remained higher than most states. He pointed to steep job losses in the financial and construction...

NJ construction employment on the rise

March 31, 2015

James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, cautioned that the large increase in New Jersey's construction employment report for January and February may be revised downward, because the cold weather causes...

NJ job figures by the numbers

March 27, 2015

Rutgers University economist James W. Hughes said he was holding February's report at arm's length. One reason? The construction industry added 2,100 jobs, the government said, even though the cold and snowy weather brought construction projects to a standstill....

Middle class is shrinking, says a new financial analysis

March 26, 2015

Joe Seneca, a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, agrees that stagnant salaries have contributed to the problem. He also said in recent years “a lot of the re-employment after the Great Recession has been in...

Rutgers to host ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film Festival, November 17

October 20, 2014

The Bloustein School and NJTIP @ Rutgers are pleased to collaborate with Goodwill NY/NJ to present the 2014 Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture, a series of short films as part of the second annual ReelAbilities: New Jersey Disabilities Film...

New majors in Health Administration, Public Policy offer new career perspectives for Bloustein undergraduates

September 15, 2014

The number of undergraduates enrolled in the Bloustein School’s public health major has continued to rise, with an exceptionally large number of students were opting to take courses to fulfill a certificate in public health administration. The ultimate goal of...

EJB analysis finds PSE&G will be economic engine for New Jersey

August 27, 2014

A new economic analysis conducted by researchers at the Bloustein School finds that from 2011 to 2021,Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) investments in New Jersey’s electric transmission network will be a powerful stimulant of the state’s economy. The...

Heldrich Center, Federal Reserve Bank collaborate to address education, workforce development polices in edited book, October 2014 conference

May 28, 2014

Dr. Carl Van Horn, the founding director of the John H. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and a visiting Non-Resident Scholar with the Federal Reserve Bank for the 2013-14 academic year, was recently promoted to the position of Distinguished Professor at the...

Rutgers Forecast: New Jersey’s recovery still trails its neighbors and nation, with ‘moderate’ job growth expected

May 9, 2014

While a difficult winter has depressed job growth early in 2014, New Jersey actually has experienced slight improvement over a comparable period last year, according to Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON). But Mantell predicts the...