William Rodgers, professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, said he expected the unemployment rate to soon surpass the Great Recession high of 10%.
“What is so chilling is that that took several years to get to,” Rodgers said. “We are potentially going to almost double that in one to two months.”
Over the last few months several Bloustein School alumni and faculty have been elected, or appointed to, key positions in New Jersey and elsewhere, underscoring the school’s longstanding role in preparing leaders who shape public policy across the state. “These...
Read Report It is my privilege to serve as the Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab. Since its launch in 2021, we have worked to build something meaningful—producing high-quality blogs and reports, sharing them widely on our website and across social...
Sponsored by the American Planning Association-New Jersey Chapter (APA-NJ) with a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Plan4HealthNJ project is an ambitious multi- year project bridging together public health and comprehensive planning. The first year of...
The Bloustein School's 5th Annual Research Day took place in person at the Gov. James J. Florio Special Events Forum on Friday, April 3rd. The event was an opportunity for Bloustein students, faculty, and staff to showcase their research, receive feedback, and build...
By Dr. Kelcie Ralph and Ellen Oettinger White (PhD '23) published this article in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. Abstract Induced travel is the new travel that materializes after expanding infrastructure, and accounting...