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...
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Heldrich Center, Federal Reserve Bank collaborate to address education, workforce development polices in edited book, October 2014 conference
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
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...
R/ECON event to review NJ’s real estate market, speed of economic recovery
On Friday, May 9, the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON)semiannual subscriber forecast and conference will examine the pace of New Jersey’s economic recovery and provide insight into aspects of the real estate market that are helping establish momentum for the...
Free one-on-one travel training for persons with brain injury offered by NJTIP@Rutgers
NJTIP @ Rutgers is offering a FREE opportunity for one-on-one personalized travel training for persons with brain injury living in central NJ who want to access job destinations (paid or volunteer). We are actively recruiting participants now, so if interested contact...
Sen.Cory Booker to host forum for women small business owners at EJB, April 11
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) will host a forum for women small business owners on at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy on Friday, April 11 to highlight federal resources available to help entrepreneurs and to discuss solutions for common...
Analyzing Regulation’s Impact On Jobs
The question of whether regulations to protect public health have hurt employment has been very prominent over the past few years. One study found that the use of the phrase “job-killing regulations” increased in the media by over 17,000 percent between 2007 and...
Register Today: Is There a STEM Worker Shortage? March 12 in Washington, DC
Are more graduates and guestworkers needed? The ongoing debate about these issues, and congressional high-skill immigration proposals, will be discussed at the National Academies by some of the key researchers and policy analysts examining these issues. As Congress...
Women’s Leadership Conference to be held at Bloustein School, Feb. 28
The Bloustein School, Rutgers Association of Policy and Planning Students, Graduate Student Association, and International Development Interest Group invite all graduate students to attend the annual Women’s Leadership Conference on Friday, February 28, 2014 at the...
Does regulation kill jobs? New book seeks to answer this question
The relationship between regulations and jobs took center stage in the 2012 Presidential election when Republican candidate Governor Mitt Romney argued that the Obama Administration had stifled job growth with too many regulations. President Obama rebutted these...
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Ph.D. Colloquium: Writing, Fast and Slow
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Bildner Center: One Year after October 7: A Conversation with Miriam Herschlag
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Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesJoin Bloustein alumni from urban planning, public policy, informatics, and health administration for a workshop on networking best practices, followed by open networking with Bloustein alumni, undergraduate and graduate students. […]