Leaders across too many higher education institutions have failed so dramatically on this issue over the last two months. It is an embarrassment. I am hopeful the industry will learn from these failures moving forward.

As I talked to people today about Jan 6, I’m struck by how many told me they forgot the immediate aftermath when 25,000 National Guard arrived and the surreal images of them sleeping on Capitol floors. Join me in thanking Guard, police, and other first responders that stepped up.

Universities are among America's most important institutions, and the research they do is utterly crucial to our prosperity. That's why we have to make sure they don't get bloated, ossified, insular, and unproductive. noahpinion.blog/p/how-much-of-…

Does anyone still think "anti-Zionism" can be separated from antisemitism, in practice?

I wrote a thing about the 6 articles I found interesting/important of last year. These cover most of the bases of things I'm interested in: special districts, preemption, municipal incorporation, various public finance issues. cgoodman.com/blog/2024-01-0…

Inflation wasn't just a supply story.

Mitt Romney: “I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump. And the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it is is really appalling."

A must-read.

To Recap: Speaker Johnson said he wouldn’t pass a national security bill without a border deal. President Biden and a bipartisan group of Senators negotiated a border deal. Speaker Johnson rejected the border deal. The Senate passed a national security bill without a

It’s always a great day when I get to speak w/ students on issues that are important to them, especially when it’s students from my alma mater. We spoke about the need for more resources to fight food insecurity, funding for mental health services, and tuition assistance support.

Core CPI came in high for the eighth month in a row. Annual rates: 1 month: 4.4% 3 months: 4.2% 6 months: 3.9% 12 months: 3.8% For perspective, the 3/6/12 month rates higher than any time from 1992-2019. Inflation remains unusually high.

Nominations for ABFM's Michael Curro Award for best graduate student paper are due July 1, 2024. Please email your letter and a copy of the student paper to Dr. Jane Beckett-Camarata ([email protected]). Please share this with your students!

Two hundred thirty-two authors in one publication, a plurality of voices. "Establishing an Agenda for Public Budgeting and Finance Research" presents the opinions of the academic and practitioner community for the future of public finance research. doi.org/10.59469/pfj.2…

Happy 3rd Anniversary New Jersey State Policy Lab! And also delighted for the announcement of Pengju Zhang 张鹏举's funded research project on "The American Rescue Plan Act and Local Governments in NJ" with Michael Hayes. policylab.rutgers.edu/new-jersey-sta…

The New Jersey State Policy Lab is one of my favorite organizations to work with on public policy research. Congrats on all of your achievements over the last three years!

Please consider nominating a student for the ABFM Michael Curro Award for best graduate student paper. Nominations are due by July 1st. Please share this with your colleagues and students. Thanks!

"The only thing we can do now is catch our breath and dive headfirst into tweaking the school funding formula so that we’re not in the same place next year,” said Sen. Andrew Zwicker. ow.ly/xPl350RKKNs

Andy Rooney landed on the beach of Normandy days after D-Day, 80 years ago today. In 2004, he shared a firsthand account of “a day unlike any other.” “It’s hard for anyone who has been in a war to describe the terror of it to anyone who hasn’t,” he said. cbsn.ws/3yTkNzC.

Another important paper being spotlighted for this week's #ThrowbackThursday: an article on organization fit by Michael Hayes (Rutgers–Camden) and Edmund C. Stazyk (University at Albany). Go check it out!👇👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Local governments can use these funds to replace lost revenue, invest in infrastructure, or enhance social welfare programs. Pengju Zhang 张鹏举, Michael Hayes' current study aims to understand how effectively this aid has been used in New Jersey & beyond: policylab.rutgers.edu/assessing-equi…