State efforts to close the K-12 digital divide may come up short
While the Murphy administration was successful in giving 358,212 students access to critical education tools they previously lacked, the digital divide remains a problem in New Jersey as well as throughout the nation.
Senate vaccine mandate vote shows congressional weakness on regulations
Major policy decisions such as how to combat climate change, how to provide adequate oversight of our financial system, and how to strike the balance between public health protection and individual choice should be influenced by democratically elected officials.
Dr. Charles Menifield Awarded the 2021 NJ State Governor’s Jefferson Award in Education
The awards are administered by the NJ Governor’s Office of Volunteerism in partnership with the NJ Governor’s Advisory Council on Volunteerism and Community Service and NJ Advance Media.
Increasing Early, Transparent Consideration of Regulatory Alternatives
The vast majority of previous academic work on the regulatory process has found that agencies often do not seriously consider alternative regulatory policies.
Domestic violence survivors often suffer financial abuse, too
“The sort of common characteristic of financial abuse is one of control, an abuser trying to place as much control over someone’s life as possible,” said Andrea Hetling, a professor at Rutgers University who has published extensively on domestic violence.