New Jersey State Policy Lab

Surveying Sentencing Reform: Establishing Rehabilitative Release Programs to Allow Incarcerated Persons to Apply for Resentencing - New Jersey State Policy Lab We continue to showcase preliminary findings from our survey of New Jersey residents on their support for sentencing reform in four key areas. The second area concerns public support for establishing ...

The #NJ Sentencing Commission proposed a program to allow eligible incarcerated individuals to seek resentencing by demonstrating that they have been successfully rehabilitated. #Rutgers researchers recently surveyed 1,529 New Jerseyans to gauge support for or against areas of sentencing reform:

"We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - Marie Curie

💡"We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - Marie Curie #WisdomWednesday #inspiration #quotes

NJDOE Announces Approximately $13.6M in New Literacy Grants – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Public Administration Governor Murphy Signs and Conditionally Vetoes Key Legislation - On October 20, Phil Murphy signed four bills into law and issued conditional vetoes on seven others. Among the la...

🏥 Newark's University Hospital broke ground on a $1.8B revitalization project in conjunction with Rutgers Health and #Rutgers University; 📚 the #NJ DOE announced four new #literacy grants established with funding from the federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development program:

Drew Gitomer & Rachel Garver Present on edTPA Policy Changes at the New Jersey State House - New Jersey State Policy Lab Professor Emeritus Drew Gitomer (Rutgers Graduate School of Education) and Assistant Professor Rachel Garver (Montclair State University) spoke at the New Jersey State House on Friday, October 24th di...

Drew Gitomer and Rachel Garver spoke at the New Jersey State House on Friday, October 24th discussing their recent report which examined how teacher preparation programs have adapted after #NJ removed edTPA as a requirement for #teacher certification:

📚🎓 NJSPL researchers Drew Gitomer and Rachel Garver presented at the New Jersey State House to discuss their recent report examining the policy changes to the edTPA teacher certification process in #NJ.
#education #highered #Rutgers

Please see my newest blog post with the New Jersey State Policy Lab! @njpolicylab.bsky.social

From Executive Order to State Law: The Evolution of Environmental Justice in NJ - New Jersey State Policy Lab Over the past several years, Governor Phil Murphy’s administration has instituted several nationally innovative environmental justice initiatives. In 2018, early in his first administration, Governor ...

NJDEP also developed a website that tracks permit notices related to the Environmental Justice Law, which currently notes that 89 permits in #NJ have had their review processes initiated, but only one final decision has been made to date. @meltier.bsky.social from @princeton.edu SPIA discusses more:

From Executive Order to State Law: The Evolution of Environmental Justice in NJ - New Jersey State Policy Lab Over the past several years, Governor Phil Murphy’s administration has instituted several nationally innovative environmental justice initiatives. In 2018, early in his first administration, Governor ...

In 2020, #NJ state legislature passed the trailblazing Environmental Justice Law, which authorized the #NJDEP to restrict future development of industrial facilities if it determined that such siting would be harmful to existing overburdened communities in the Garden State:

🎊🎉🥳 Thank you to everyone who made it to our Navigating Policy-Related Careers event last night, and we hope you were able to spend some time chatting with our amazing cohort of former teaching assistants, research assistants, and summer interns:

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The NJSPL is hosting the Navigating Policy-Focused Career Pathways seminar, featuring an array of our former students and #alumni at @bloustein.rutgers.edu from 5:00-6:30pm. Opening remarks were delivered by Dean @stuartshapiroblou.bsky.social with Executive Director Elizabeth Cooner moderating.

Anchor Property-Tax Relief Deadline Approaching October 31st for New Jerseyans – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Economics The New Jersey Economic Development Authority Requests Redevelopment Proposals for Camden's Waterfront - On October 14, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) released a Reque...

🏠The application deadline for New Jerseyans to apply for state-funded property #tax relief benefits (Anchor program, Stay #NJ, and Senior Freeze) closes October 31st; 💡Gov. Murphy conditionally vetoed a #bill to require #datacenters to report water and electricity use:

The Importance of Investing in Students: Resources That Help College Students Navigate Their Experiences, and What’s Missing - New Jersey State Policy Lab At the state and national levels, there is a growing recognition that improving college access in isolation is not sufficient. The focus on ensuring that students have the support they need to succeed...

It is particularly important, as students are seeking to enter college—not only from high school, but also returning to #college or pausing their #education journey—that they have the right supports to not only access #highered but also persist and complete their degrees.
#Rutgers #AcademicSky

Tracking Transfer: How New Jersey’s Community College Students Compare Nationally - New Jersey State Policy Lab Community colleges play a vital role in expanding access to higher education, especially for students from historically underserved communities. Understanding how students navigate the transfer pathwa...

Among the #NJ students who transferred from a community #college in 2017, one in five had completed a bachelor's degree within six years (20.9%), compared with one in six of their peers nationwide (16.1%):

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Tracking Transfer: How New Jersey’s Community College Students Compare Nationally - New Jersey State Policy Lab Community colleges play a vital role in expanding access to higher education, especially for students from historically underserved communities. Understanding how students navigate the transfer pathwa...

🍎 Over a third (36.9%) of New Jersey's first-time community #college #students 🏫 transferred to a four-year institution within six years, outperforming the national transfer rate of 31.6% according to data gleaned from the National Student Clearinghouse's Tracking Transfer report:

"The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted." - Elizabeth Dole

"The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted." - 💡 Elizabeth Dole #WisdomWednesday #quotes #inspiration

Jersey, it’s the last day to register to vote before our November elections! Head to nj.gov/vote to get registered.

NJ Holds First Statewide Student-Led Mental Health Summit – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Education First Students Lead NJ Statewide Mental Health Summit - On October 8th, New Jersey held the first statewide student-led mental health summit at Kean University, highlighting youth voices in ...

New Jersey held the first student-led mental health summit 🗣️ at Kean University last week, hosted by the #NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher #Education; affordability, immigration, and housing remain top concerns for New Jerseyans heading into the gubernatorial election Nov 4th:

The Increasing Enrollment of Paid Family Leave for Parents in the U.S. - New Jersey State Policy Lab Over the past 10 years, many U.S. states have implemented mandatory paid family leave policies to help address the lack of such policy on the national level. In this post, we examine how paid family l...

#Rutgers researchers have been examining data related to paid family leave enrollment & found that overall enrollment for paid leave increased for both mothers and fathers between 2000 and 2024 in the U.S., from 29% to 58% for fathers and 47% to 54% for mothers:

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📅 Mark your calendars 📅 Tuesday, October 21st Rutgers University students can stop by the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy from 5:00-6:30pm and get to meet a few of the many former students that have worked at the NJSPL.
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📣 Happening now 📣 Residential Support Services for Disabled Students in NJ’s Public Institutions of Higher Ed is taking place at the #Rutgers @bloustein.rutgers.edu:

Report Release – The Role of Quality Ratings in Long-Term Care: Evidence from New Jersey - New Jersey State Policy Lab The United States, with its growing elderly population, is experiencing a significant demographic shift. This trend is evident in New Jersey, which faces rapid population aging and increasing healthca...

#Rutgers researchers evaluated the quality of nursing homes in #NJ relative to national trends and analyzed data from the CMS' Nursing Home Compare five-star public reporting system to track changes in nursing home quality:

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as of August 2024, more than 42,600 New Jerseyans—approximately 0.5% of the population—were being served by 346 Medicare-certified nursing homes: policylab.rutgers.edu/publication/...

"The Constitution is the origin & measure of legislative study. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go & no farther. Not a particle of it should be shaken; not a pebble of it should be removed." - William Patterson, 2nd Governor of New Jersey

"The Constitution is the origin & measure of legislative study. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go & no farther. Not a particle of it should be shaken; not a pebble of it should be removed." - ⚖️ William Patterson, 2nd Governor of New Jersey #WednesdayWisdom

New Jersey Superior Court Upholds New Affordable Housing Process – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Public Administration Second Gubernatorial Debate to be Held on Wednesday, October 8th Hosted by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy - On Wednesday, October 8th from 7:00-8:00pm guberna...

The second gubernatorial debate between candidates @mikiesherrill.bsky.social & Jack Ciattarelli will be held on Oct. 8th, hosted by the @bloustein.rutgers.edu; an #NJ Superior Court dismissed lawsuits from several municipalities that sought to block the state's affordable housing law; Read more:

Call for Seed Funding Research Proposals – Due October 17th - New Jersey State Policy Lab The New Jersey State Policy Lab (NJSPL) is excited to announce that we will once again be seeking proposals for seed funding* to support research projects that focus on a wide array of policy challeng...

The New Jersey State Policy Lab is excited to announce that we will once again be seeking #proposals for seed #funding to support #research projects that focus on a wide array of policy challenges impacting #NJ. Proposals are due by end of day Friday, October 17th:

Implementing Universal FAFSA Policies in New Jersey - New Jersey State Policy Lab The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) provides access to the largest source of financial aid to pay for a 2- or 4- year college or vocational school. Students who complete it are more l...

Did you know? 🎓 Newark #NJ implemented a #FAFSA completion policy for all its graduating high school students, and in the four years since 80.5% of the city's seniors have completed the financial aid form, according to the National College Attainment Network. Read more in today's blog:
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Despite These Times...my department is hiring! I really like my department, we have a good mix of disciplines and organisms and we're really low-drama. We also get pizza at faculty meeting. So if you're a computational and structural biologist, join us! 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/260...

"We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students." - Thomas Kean, 48th Governor of New Jersey

"We owe every student in every neighborhood in New Jersey an equal opportunity to succeed. We know that more money, alone, is not the answer. We need to redefine success, and how we pursue that success, by the outcomes obtained by students." - 🍎 🏫 Thomas Kean, 48th Governor of #NJ #WednesdayWisdom

State Health Benefits Program Committee Approves New Cuts – NJ State Policy Updates - New Jersey State Policy Lab Health NJ State Health Benefits Program Committee Approves State-Worker Health-Benefit Cuts - On September 24th, the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP) design committee approved changes that raise c...

The 🩺 #NJ State Health Benefits Program committee has approved cuts to active state workers' #benefits in an effort to reduce the state's spending on employee benefits by $150M. Read this & more in today's Policy Updates:
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Residential Support Services for Disabled Students in NJ – RSVP & Attend Oct. 9th - New Jersey State Policy Lab Register today to attend the roundtable event, "Residential Support Services for Disabled Students in New Jersey's Public Institutions of Higher Education" on Thursday, October 9th from 4:00-5:30pm at...

📅 ♿ Thursday, October 9th: Residential Support Services for Disabled Students in NJ ♿📅 Register today!

Attend this in-person roundtable event at the @bloustein.rutgers.edu school, which will feature experts from #Rutgers, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, & RWJBH!