Publications

New Jersey’s state higher education plan, “Where Opportunity Meets Innovation – A Student-Centered Vision for New Jersey Higher Education” (the Plan), was introduced in 2019. It envisions an ecosystem where every resident can attain high-quality credentials regardless of their circumstances. This report aims to assess how New Jersey has progressed toward the goals of this […]

Upon its inception in April 2021, the New Jersey State Policy Lab (NJSPL) aspired to produce work that is both relevant to current policy issues in the state of New Jersey and academically rigorous. The evidence that we have had success in the first of these missions includes the twice weekly blogs and the many […]

The New Jersey State Policy Lab is dedicated to improving public policy through careful analysis of data and program evaluation. As many of our first projects near their conclusion though it is important to keep in mind both the limitations and strengths of good policy analysis. Most importantly, while good analysis provides information to decision-makers […]