Inside Higher Ed featured an article about a recent report from the New Jersey State Policy Lab in collaboration with the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies and the Newark City of Learning Collaborative, which interviewed families about their perception and understanding of Community College Opportunity Grant (CCOG) and Garden State Guarantee (GSG) financial aid programs.
In a recent opinion piece on NJ.com, Linda Stamato, co-founder of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, makes a case for why social media platforms should be regulated by the government to combat the spread of misinformation and hate speech.
Dr. Elisabeth Kim, who co-authored a recent report with Dr. Vandeen Campbell regarding math course enrollment in NJ high schools, was interviewed by NJ101.5 on the results of their research.
A recent blog written by Dr. Michael Lahr, Director of R/ECON and an NJSPL Research Affiliate, was cited in a Daily Mail article discussing how much people should expect to tip restaurant, hotel, and transportation staff depending on the country they are visiting.
As we approach the new year, Congress is attempting to pass a final budget bill before the newly elected officials take over in January. Dr. Stuart Shapiro provides insight on which bill additions will be best for the government in his latest op-ed in The Hill.
A recent NJSPL blog authored by Parth Jain, Abhinay Mannepalli, Raj Parikh, and Jim Samuel, "Smart OCR – Advancing the Use of Artificial Intelligence with Open Data" was shared in The Living Library.
New Jersey State Policy Lab Co-Principal Investigator Gregory Porumbescu, along with Albert Meijer and Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, co-authored a new book, Government Transparency: State of the Art and New Perspectives, which was published in the Cambridge University Press.
A new report was published in Science of the Total Environment, authored by Firas Gerges, Rayan H. Assad, Hani Nassif, Elie Bou-Zeid, & Michel C. Boufadel, which examined different community resilience approaches to climate change.
In Dr. Stuart Shapiro's latest op ed, he explains the shift the Biden Administration will need to take now that the midterm elections have been decided and it will be more difficult to pass significant legislation through Congress with a GOP-controlled House of Representatives.
Dr. Robert Noland, Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers, was quoted in an article discussing the merits of incorporating a dedicated bus lane for the New Jersey Turnpike.
