December 7, 2018 @ 12:15 pm-1:45 pm – Lunch will be served! This talk will present new findings on the unintended consequences of the New Jersey Superintendent Salary Cap (NJSSC). Starting in 2011, New Jersey set a salary cap for all future superintendent contracts based on student enrollment. This is one of the first state-imposed tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) placed directly on […]
…summer learning loss, value-added models, and state and local tax policy. He has been honored with the Emerging Scholars Award by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs & Administration. His research has been published in various academic journals including the American Journal of Education, Economic Letters, Educational Policy,…
…of various types of urban violence, and is organized around two themes: violence and urban society; and, crime, politics, and policy. Featured speakers will address these concerns in theoretically, methodologically, or empirically innovative ways. Speakers and Discussants include: Frances Fox Piven, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center. Marie…
October 6, 2017 @ 12:15 pm-1:30 pm – The last decade has seen significant growth in the numbers of, and interest in, forms of ownership that have been variously called, “solidarity economies” or “alternative economies” or “non-capitalist economies.” While there is a lot written about these efforts, there is relatively little that has explored the lived meanings for those involved in such endeavors. […]
…become the next generation of community-engaged researchers. Here are some of the organizations fellows have been placed at and the variety of projects they have supported: The Rutgers-Rowan Board of Governors to work on a maternal health initiative. FairShare Housing to work on tenant screening policy recommendations. Save Our Schools…
