Edward J. Bloustein
School of Planning and
Public Policy
Serving Communities,
Shaping the World
The mission of the Bloustein School at Rutgers University–New Brunswick is to create just, socially inclusive, environmentally sustainable and healthy local, national and global communities.
Planetizen, 2023
College Factual, 2023
U.S. News & World Report, 2023
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Public Policy Student Joins the New Brunswick Board of Education
Rutgers University-New Brunswick Junior public policy major Ashley Caldwell is finding her days even busier now as the newest – and youngest member – of the New Brunswick Board of Education.
Board members in August tapped the then-19-year-old to fill a vacant seat left by her father, Dale G. Caldwell, a veteran board member of 26 years who stepped down two years into a three-year term to focus on his new role as president of Centenary University.
Degree Opportunities
Education, Research, and Service
The Bloustein School is committed to academic excellence and strives to be an international leader in research, teaching, service, practice, creative activities, and engagement as we address existing and emerging challenges in our region and in a rapidly changing world. Our tight-knit and diverse community of faculty, staff, and students seek to inspire new thinking and strategies to address the grand challenges facing our economy and society.
Spotlight: Disability Studies Minor
Rutgers University–New Brunswick recently introduced a new minor in disability studies as a collaborative effort among several schools and departments.
With one in four adults in the U.S. living with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the program acknowledges such conditions as an inherent part of the human experience and seeks to shining a light on the realities of disability.
Faculty members from the Bloustein School, the School of Management and Labor Relations, the Mason Gross School of the Arts and the School of Arts and Sciences will jointly oversee the program, but electives for the minor will also be offered by other schools, including Environmental and Biological Sciences, Communication and Information, Social Work and Education.
Student Perspective
“Every experience has some effect on a person’s life. I became the person I am today because of the things I participated in and encountered throughout my undergraduate career. “I wanted to gain more familiarity with the healthcare system, population health, and the many factors that affect both. I opted to major in Public Health in order to develop my skills and knowledge, culminating in my eventual practice as a physician.”
Jay Kavia, Public Health major
Current M.D. candidate, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Research Spotlight: Homelessness in New Brunswick
A new report from the Bloustein School’s Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement identifies challenges that emergency service organizations and their clients are experiencing as they attempt to access, or consider accessing, the existing service infrastructure and to identify areas of unmet need.
Researchers conducted interviews with non-profit and voluntary organizations, food pantries, local government, and Rutgers Behavioral Health staff and reviewed existing literature, news articles, and planning documents. The project collectively sought to understand how homelessness and housing precarity had changed in New Brunswick since before the pandemic, to map efforts to address needs, and to identify challenges.
Discover the Bloustein School
The Bloustein School prepares students to be the planning, policy, and health leaders of tomorrow by encouraging open discussion, applying quantitative methods for analysis, studying historical trends, and thoroughly considering economic and demographic trends and political institutions and processes.
