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New Jersey Policy Lab: New Jersey Intercounty Migration Trends, 2018-2019
A new R/ECON report examines the migration trends across counties within New Jersey between 2018 and 2019 using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data.
Rutgers students needed to conduct bus rider surveys for New Jersey Transit
Students will be paid $15 to $20 per hour depending on experience. Those students with a car/driving will be compensated at a higher rate than non-drivers.
Some Newark charter schools fail to fully comply with transparency rules
Research: Community Visioning for Place Making
In his new book, Anton Nelessen details how this process works for community organizations, municipalities, and neighborhoods to evaluate their existing community and translate images into plans that embody their ideal characteristics of places and spaces.
Rutgers University to Host 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Associate Teaching Professor Patti O’Brien Richardson will co-lead the Leadership in Civic Engagement Institute with Olabode Ibironke, Department of English; and Greg Costalas, Rutgers Global.
New Jersey Policy Lab: Is Telehealth Making Healthcare More Accessible For the LGBTQ+ Community?
Using telehealth, providers have reported reaching more vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations by addressing and reducing numerous barriers to care; in New Jersey, telehealth interventions are particularly useful in reaching the LGBTQ+ community.
Elliott School researchers updating international data governance map
New Jersey Policy Lab: Has New Jersey’s Housing Market Peaked? A New Year’s Assessment
The available stock of both single-family and townhouses for sale has been progressively falling since July 2021 when it reached a pandemic peak. But even that peak was close to a third of numbers ten years prior.
New Jersey Policy Lab: The Challenges Associated with Making “Good” Public Policy
Policy analysis can illuminate the choices but, like science, it cannot answer questions definitively. The goal of policy analysis, and the New Jersey Policy Lab, is to provide decision-makers with the best information possible available to make better decisions.
State efforts to close the K-12 digital divide may come up short
Developing an Age-Friendly Mapping Tool for New Jersey
This project aimed to foster multisectoral collaboration toward a dynamic, web-based age-friendly mapping tool for Bergen and Somerset Counties.
Research: The Dark Side of Sentiment Analysis: An Exploratory Review Using Lexicons, Dictionaries, and a Statistical Monkey and Chimp
Sentiment analysis (SA) uses a combination of natural language processing (NLP) methods to analyze a text to estimate the implied sentiment.
Trends in American Opinions about Jobs, 2010 to 2021
A new Work Trends research brief titled includes selected trend data about work, the job market, and job security.
New Jersey Policy Lab: Bridging the Digital Divide in Native American Communities
The pandemic emphasized the importance of online connectivity, yet there is still a digital divide especially in underserved communities such as in Native American tribal lands.
Heldrich Center Awarded Grant to Support Research Examining Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination
Initiative will document how U.S. workers perceive and experience racial inequities in the workplace through a nationally representative survey of Black, Latino/a, Asian-American, and white workers.
Anne Strauss-Wieder presents TRB Deen Distinguished Lecture: Evolving with Rapidly Shifting Supply Chains and Freight Systems
She is recognized for her contributions to the transportation community in freight mobility, resilience and business continuity, and “freight as a good neighbor” effective practices.
New Jersey Policy Lab: A Primer on Housing Markets with a Bird’s Eye View on New Jersey
Expect telecommuting and surge of millennials forming families to push housing demands in NJ, especially in “good” school districts. Lahr notes a widening gap between housing starts and completions–due to supply chain challenges–and considers pandemic impacts on low-income households.
Pet projects, public cash: NJ lawmakers direct millions at last minute to favored causes
Let’s advance a 21st-century public health system together
Bloustein doctoral students awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships
Ellen O. White and Wei San Loh received the award for their work on transportation planning and policy.
How sea level rise is affecting your commute to and around Atlantic City
New Jersey Policy Lab work featured in Results for America report recognizing NJ as an “honor roll” state
New Jersey Policy Lab generates high-quality, nonpartisan research and analysis of policy-based solutions facing New Jersey.
Employers struggle to hire and retain workers almost two years into the pandemic
New Jersey Policy Lab: Bicycle Lanes: Motivating Active Transportation
Access to cycling is important in New Jersey, especially for teens and the state’s disadvantaged populations. In essence, New Jersey’s lower-income individuals benefit from enhanced and efficient bike lanes.
New Jersey Policy Lab: Interstate Migration: A Lost Cause for New Jersey?
For many years, New Jersey has lost population via net in- and out-migration. From 2011 through 2019, this has resulted in the state hemorrhaging a total of more than $23.6 billion in net adjusted gross income.
Fierce competition gives Bloustein School team 3rd-place finish at 2021 Seton Hall/HPMSNJ Graduate Healthcare Management Case Study Challenge
The competition provided health administration graduate students from the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania region the opportunity to present innovative solutions to a healthcare case.
A Call for Proactive Policies for Informatics and Artificial Intelligence Technologies
With ‘shoe drop’ protests, parents preemptively oppose a school vaccination mandate
Senate vaccine mandate vote shows Congressional weakness on regulations
New Jersey Policy Lab: Digital equity for K-12 students
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the important role efforts to promote digital access, literacy, and skills play in promoting a more equitable society.
At Board of Governors meeting, Rutgers community continues to raise concerns regarding pay, intercampus equity
Bloustein School mourns passing of Stephen K. Jones, longtime faculty member and former President/CEO of RWJUH
Steve joined the school at the time of its founding in 1992. His interest in the school helped pave the way for the introduction of the Health Administration programs.
Camden’s Financial Health Earns S&P Bond Rating Upgrade
Here’s What Could Change Your U.S. Property Tax Bill in 2022, and Beyond
New Jersey Policy Lab: Evidence-based policymaking on the federal level
Evidence-based policymaking uses the best available research and data to target resources to programs and policies that are proven to work, guiding decision-making using results-driven solutions and rigorous data analysis.
Organic waste management in New Jersey: Reducing food waste and improving food equity
New Jersey has recently passed several pieces of legislation to both reduce organic waste and improve anti-hunger programs.
PhD alums Lowe, Solitare to lead TSU’s new Center of Excellence for Housing and Community Development Research
The new center will advance transdisciplinary academic and empirical research and debate on affordable housing and community development policy.
Which sector is leading New Jersey’s pandemic recovery?
For the past ten months, New Jersey’s employment numbers have been growing steadily.
Bloustein inducts eight into 2021 Pi Alpha Alpha honor society
Admission into the society is an extraordinary accomplishment in recognition of a student’s years of educational attainment and service.
Opinion: Rutgers is wrong about religion-based vaccine exemptions
Equity in government budgeting
In this project, the New Jersey Policy Lab is looking at how city and state governments in the United States are using their budgets to advance equity for all residents.
New Heldrich brief: Postsecondary fall enrollment net migration trends remain unchanged during COVID-19
Final Port Authority Centennial Symposium to be held December 7
This event will bring together public, private, non-profit sector leaders and academics to consider the issues and opportunities that will shape the future of the New Jersey-New York metropolitan region.
Bloustein team reaches semi-finals of Penn State MHA Case Competition
More than 40 teams from 19 universities competed in the four-day event, which was hosted by Penn State and sponsored by Geisinger.
N.J. Senate President Sweeney lost his seat in a shocker. Will he run for governor in 4 years?
N.J. Dems are still debating what the election results mean. What does this hold for Murphy’s 2nd term?
Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein: Public Informatics for a Better Future: Textual Analytics with R and Social Media Data
Research: Reviving more than rationalitiy–using cost-benefit analysis to evaluate regulations
Cost-benefit analysis became particularly contentious during the Trump administration. The administration ignored cost-benefit analysis in favor of “cost analysis” of regulation.
Planes, trains and automobiles: It’s transport day at COP26. Here’s what you need to know
Elizabeth Cooner appointed Executive Director of New Jersey Policy Lab
With more than twenty years of professional experience, Dr. Cooner has worked in higher education, survey research, and management consulting.
N.J. Democrats clash over message sent by voters
Research: Political partisanship and transportation reform
While there is support for changes to the transportation system, the public is divided along partisan lines on how changes should be made.
Will Murphy Move to the Center After His Narrow Victory in New Jersey?
NJ Policy Lab: Organics Waste Team update and the history of food waste in New Jersey
The Organics Waste Management Research Team is conducting research on methods of how to keep food waste out of landfills, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance food rescue practices in NJ.
Interactive workshop on textual analytics, natural language processing held Nov. 12
The session will consist of a 15-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute interactive work-along demonstration for textual analytics using R-Studio.
2021 Pi Alpha Alpha Induction Ceremony
Pi Alpha Alpha is the Global Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration. The Bloustein School chapter was established in 2018 and currently serves graduate students and alumni.
Richell Garcia selected for SMG Foundation-Next Generation Scholarship
The scholarship is for employees that wish to advance their career in health care; awardees are selected based on strong academic standing and goals of the individual.
Heldrich Center, NJSBDC release findings from survey of NJ businesses
NJ business owners report they are recovering from the downturns they faced as a consequence of operating during the pandemic, but many indicate that they need additional support from the state and federal governments.
For women to get back in the workforce, New Jersey needs to ‘get with the program’ | Opinion
Strategically Virtual: Voices from the field–Workforce responses to COVID-19
Researchers were able to ascertain a clearer picture of the challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned from local workforce development professionals trying to simultaneously help people in need and personally and professionally stay above water in an extremely new and stressful environment.
Bloustein School master’s student McKenna Winnie passed away on October 11
New Jersey Climate Change Alliance announces statewide Organic Material Management Plan
Recognizing the importance of the New Jersey Food Waste Recycling Law, the New Jersey Climate Change Alliance Organics Workgroup was created with a common goal of outlining a statewide “Sustainable Organic Material Management Plan” (SOMMP) for New Jersey.
New book by Jane Miller seeks to improve math competence, confidence
Innumeracy is not found just among students; it extends to researchers and workers in social sciences and many other fields.
Can anyone lower New Jersey’s property taxes? What the candidates for governor are saying
On the eviction moratorium, the Supreme Court turns the law on its head | Opinion
NJ about to subtract one of its tiniest towns in rare merger
Homecoming 2021: Shawn Tucker applies football, urban planning skills to his career in college athletics
A four-year letterwinner as a wide receiver, Shawn was a double major in geography and labor studies, and after graduation returned to the Bloustein School to earn a Master of City and Regional Planning.
Bike-share programs aren’t profitable but chip away at emissions
Assessing Local Public Health Capacity in New Jersey: Challenges and Opportunities, December 1
This half-day virtual convening will provide an overview of project outcomes and an opportunity to discuss implications and next steps with public health leaders.
Solomon proposes Jersey City ethics reforms to avoid being ‘a punchline because of corruption’
Research: Generational wealth matters
Income at life events represents the many ways that generational wealth can drive the contrast in incomes between white and Black households.
Ellen O. White receives Student Aspiration Merit Award
Her presentation, titled “Quantifying highway agency roadside tree removal using high-resolution satellite data,” reviewed large-scale tree removal by state highway agencies along roadsides.
Political partisanship in transportation overshadows strong overall support for reform
Study reveals effect Philly sweetened beverage tax has had on city, economy
ROI Influencers: People of Color 2021 — Difference Makers
Philadelphia’s soda tax added jobs thanks to increased funding for child care, a new study says
Philadelphia’s Pre-K program, funded by Beverage Tax, helps the city’s children, families, and economy
The release of the study comes in the context of a larger national debate about increasing public funding for child care and pre-K programs.
How the pandemic and a renewed focus on equity could reshape transportation
New R/ECON report: NJ gets about 75 cents on each dollar that it sends to Washington
This is substantially less than reported in the Rockefeller Report, but is consistent with other reports in that New Jersey remains among the top ranked states in getting less than they send to Washington, D.C.
Public health alumnus Crystal DeCaro is a champion of child nutrition
Crystal DeCaro said she always “had a passion for wellness science” and was interested in “what is good for you and your community.”
How To Stop Basement Apartments From Becoming “Death Traps” During Flash Floods
Foundations for Access and Inclusion in Your Community two-day training
This virtual training will cover disability education, identifying barriers, assessment, implementation, and more.
Memorial scholarship established in honor of Jeff Janota MCRP ’04, AICP, PP
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of merit and character to an individual who is currently pursuing a master’s degree at a college/university in the field of Urban Planning/Development
Rutgers to lead regional large-scale Coastlines and People Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub with nearly $20M from National Science Foundation
The new hub will help improve the understanding and governance of co-evolving hazard developments and coastal processes.
Donors sought for fundraiser to benefit new nonprofit journalism group
Remembering 9/11: Alumnus Don Free on the WTC Redevelopment
As Deputy Director of the World Trade Center Redevelopment Department, Don Free ’82, MBA ’87, MCRP ’93 worked on the restoration effort for about eight years.
Digital equity – what it is, how it’s defined in the field, how it’s related to public policy, and why it matters in NJ
The difference in Americans’ reliance on smartphones to access the internet may influence the activities they engage in.
Amtrak might add more than 50 new routes. But they still won’t be faster than a car
Faculty research: Exploring health care professionals attitudes toward end-of-life care
With a growing elderly population and epidemiological shifts toward complex, chronic diseases, there is a growing need for medical professionals to have palliative care training.
Rutgers students needed to conduct bus rider surveys for New Jersey Transit
Students will be paid $17 to $20 per hour depending on experience. Those students with a car/driving will be compensated at a higher rate than non-drivers.
Anne Strauss-Wieder to present Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture at annual TRB meeting in January 2022
She is recognized for her contributions to the transportation community in freight mobility, resilience and business continuity, and “freight as a good neighbor” effective practices.
NJ implementing universal health care coverage for children, including unauthorized
Jeanne Herb awarded appointment as chair of NAS planning committee on climate change and health equity
The workshop series explores the current state of knowledge about climate-related health disparities.
Domestic violence can also take the form of economic abuse
NJ Policy Lab: Promoting equity through state budgets
State and local governments, which account for half of all domestic public spending in the US, are becoming increasingly aware that budgets can help to promote opportunities and enhance equity for all residents and communities.
Debt. Inaccessible accounts. Job sabotage. Domestic violence survivors often suffer economic abuse, too
Faculty research: The role of pragmatism as a solution to urban problems
Bloustein School professors and other renowned academics explore the writings and critical engagement of Bloustein Professor Emertius Robert W. Lake
Faculty research: Active commuting practices and the reduction of noncommunicable diseases
Even as the U.S. navigates through a global pandemic, Americans face significant health challenges from chronic diseases such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes.