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 Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. One of the highest honors given to […]
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Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D. is a senior faculty fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development with research interests in family policy and social policy in the United States. Dr. Crowley has been a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University since 1999 and is a graduate […]
Announcements, Bloustein, family policy, gender studies, Heldrich Center, Jocelyn Crowley, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Media, Mothers Unite!, New Jersey, News, NJ, policy, public policy, Rutgers, social policy, women's studiesAre 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 considers comprehensive immigration legislation, little attention has been focused upon the labor market impacts of the STEM guestworker […]
Announcements, Bloustein, conference, education, employment, event, Events, guestworkers, Heldrich Center, immigration, industry, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Media, National Academies, News, policy, Public Policy, Salzman, science, STEM, technology, U.S. educationDr. Hal Salzman, Bloustein School professor and senior faculty fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, will participate in a live chat discussion hosted by Science journal on Thursday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. The discussion, “The Making (Or Breaking) of a Science Major,” will focus on undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and […]
Bloustein, education, event, Events, Faculty, Heldrich, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Media, News, policy, Public Policy, Rutgers, Salzman, science, science major, STEMThe American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) has presented its 2013 National Policy Impact Award to the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, for its groundbreaking Work Trends survey series exploring the devastating consequences of the Great Recession and the sobering realities of unemployment in the United States. In a statement, AAPOR said that […]
AAPOR, Announcements, Bloustein, Carl Van Horn, civic engagement, economy, employment, Faculty, GfK, Great Recession, Heldrich Center, honors, Honors and Awards, industry, jobs, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, New Jersey, NJ, policy, Policy Impact Award, Public Policy, Rutgers, unemployment, Work Trends, ZukinIn a new paper written by Hal Salzman of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Daniel Kuehn of American University and B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University for the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the authors find little evidence to support expansion of high-skill guestworker programs as proposed in the immigration bill being debated in the Senate. Contrary to many industry claims, […]
Announcements, Bloustein, Economic Policy Institute, economy, education, employment, EPI, guestworkers, Heldrich Center, jobs, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, New Brunswick, News, Public Policy, Reports, Rutgers, Salzman, STEMHal Salzman of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Daniel Kuehn of American University and B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University will discuss their new Economic Policy Institute paper, Guestworkers in the high-skill U.S. labor market: An analysis of supply, employment, and wage trends, in an online news conference on Wednesday, April 24, at 11:30 a.m. ET. The […]
Announcements, Bloustein, Economic Policy Institute, education, EPI, Events, Faculty, guestworkers, Heldrich Center, industry, jobs, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Media, News, Public Policy, Rutgers, Salzman, STEMFor over 15 years, the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has been documenting the views, opinions, and experiences of workers and employers through the Center’s critically acclaimed Work Trends survey series. To date, over 25,000 Americans from across the nation have been interviewed as part of this project. On Wednesday, April 3 at 4:00 p.m. the Heldrich […]
Announcements, Carl Van Horn, economy, employment, event, Events, Faculty, Great Recession, Heldrich Center, jobs, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, News, policy, Public Policy, RutgersDr. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and professor at the Bloustein School, was recently part of a panel on state and business roles in disability employment at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. Also appearing on the panel were Neill Christopher, Vice President of Acadia Windows and Doors; […]
Announcements, C-SPAN, Carl Van Horn, economy, employment, event, Events, Faculty, Heldrich Center, jobs, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Media, National Governors Association, News, recession, Rutgers, WoodruffCreated as a tool for career success, Greener Pathways: Paving Your Way to Career Success Starts with Understanding New Jersey’s Labor Market, developed by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, offers a greater understanding of the changing workforce and emerging skill requirements in New Jersey; provides information for counselors, parents, and teachers to help students and job […]
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