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2011 | 2010
January
Township First to Select Transition Team
Source: Town Topics, January 11
Township choices included Dorothea Berkhout, executive director for administration at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at ...
What Germany Can Teach the MBTA
Source: Boston magazine's Boston Daily, January 11
With the MBTA's current financial struggles in mind, a recent study by two scholars — Ralph Buehler from VPI and John Pucher from Rutgers University — of ...
Mercedes Owners, Ph.D. Holders Join Swelling Crowd Straining Soup Kitchens
Source: Bloomberg, January 11
“The group surveyed was better educated and more affluent, relative to the people who are usually unemployed in this country,” Cliff Zukin, ...
Union County government unveils 'putting people first' goals
Source: MyCentralJersey.com, January 11
Also, the Rutgers Heldrich Center will finish its “Union County Competitiveness Study,” an action plan for keeping Union County's economy healthy, ...”
Somerville ShopRite and five other projects to receive county planning awards
Source: NJ.com, January 9
Guest speaker will be James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, who will discuss ...
Unemployment Rate Improved for Everyone in 2011, Except for Blacks
Source: ColorLines magazine, January 9
... tracking the figures in 1972, Bill Rodgers, chief economist with the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, explained to CNN. ...
Cyclists plan blockade of deadly junction
Source: The Independent, January 9
Figures from the transport experts John Pucher and Ralph Buehler show that the number of cyclist deaths per 100 million miles cycled between 2005 and 2008 ...
Mirabella chosen Union County freeholder chairman for 2012
Source: Cranford Chronicle - NJ.com, January 8
Also, the nationally-recognized Rutgers Heldrich Center will finish their “Union County Competitiveness Study,” an action plan for keeping Union County's ...
Further on fracking.....
Source: NJ.com, January 8
By Linda Stamato/NJ Voices "If fracking is so safe, let the public know how and why and gain its support for mining operations in safe locations, ...
Jobless disparities increase between ethnic, gender, age groups
Source: Press of Atlantic City, January 7
“It has led to unemployment falling, but it's falling the most for white men,” said William Rodgers, chief economist for the John J. Heldrich Center for ...
ND's Oil Patch: An economic disaster area?
Source: Grand Forks Herald, January 6
We're going to become the Buffalo Commons.'” When the boom started, “People said, 'Hey, this is really good! Something has finally turned us around. ...
U.S. unemployment rate drops to lowest level in three years; will NJ follow?
Source: Asbury Park Press, January 6
“This report suggests the economy is maybe moving into second gear, or third gear,” said William M. Rodgers III, chief economist at Rutgers University's ...
Community College Plan in Chicago Stresses Job Skills
Source: U.S. News & World Report Education, January 6
... a researcher at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. ...
Unemployment falls ... but not for blacks
Source: Local 10, January 6
The broad trend is unfortunately nothing new, said Bill Rodgers, chief economist with the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. ...
Young, educated and out of work
Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, January 4
... from four-year colleges between 2006 and 2010 are currently employed, according to a recent study from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce. ...
In hurting market, first-time buyers depend on parents to secure a home
Source: NJBIZ, January 3
... Rutgers University urban planning and policy development program director Robert Burchell, himself a boomer, said both parties can benefit when parents ...
Experts: 2012 could be beginning of resurgent housing market
Source: NJBIZ, January 3
"Prices are the lowest in five years, interest rates are also very low … existing home sales are very strong," said Robert Burchell, distinguished professor ...
Countdown to NJ's Health Insurance Exchange
Source: NJ Spotlight, January 3
The center, led by director Joel Cantor, has held more than a dozen stakeholder forums over the past few months. Those gatherings have resulted in at least ...
N.J.'s elderly population to surge
Source: MyCentralJersey.com, January 3
... boomers who opted for early retirement, said James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. ...
C&W Adds Research Analyst in NJ
Source: Citybizlist Real Estate, January 2
... dual master's degrees in public policy and city and regional planning from Rutgers University's Edward J. Bloustein School of Panning and Public Policy. ...
New Year's advice for job seekers: Persevere
Source: Newsworks.org, January 2
Yet, the Garden State's economy is moving in a positive direction, according to Carl Van Horn, director of the Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers. ...
Experts: Jersey Shore can expect more growth, flooding over the next few years
Source: The Republic, January 1
... university professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Public Policy at Rutgers. "The plan identifies areas where growth should occur," Seneca said. ...
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