Presents findings from the Heldrich Center’s post-survey focus groups of family child care providers and assistant teachers.
The Child Care Workforce in New Jersey: Findings from Focus Groups with Providers
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New Jersey’s Child Care Workforce: An Examination of Administrative Wage Data from 2015 to 2023
Uses data from the New Jersey Statewide Data System to examine annual employment trends, demographic characteristics, and wage patterns of New Jersey’s child care workforce from 2015 to 2023.
New Jersey’s Teacher Workforce: 2025 Legislative Report
This report draws on data from the New Jersey Statewide Data System spanning the 2013–14 to 2023–24 school years to analyze the current state of New Jersey’s educator workforce. Findings are organized thematically to examine the teacher workforce, patterns of teacher...
Voices of the Family Child Care Workforce in New Jersey: Findings from a Statewide Survey of Providers
In 2024, the Heldrich Center launched a statewide survey of registered family child care providers in New Jersey as part of the Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative, an initiative focused on child care in the state. The survey asked individuals who provide child...
Exploring 2024 and 2020 Election-Year Longitudinal Trends in Support for Minimum Wage, College Loan Forgiveness, and Paid Leave Among U.S. Workers: Republicans Appear More Supportive of Policies for Some Americans Over Time
Presents findings from a December 2024 survey of U.S. workers about policy proposals related to the economy, education, and work. These policy proposals were also the subject of survey questions asked of workers in December 2020, after Joe Biden was declared the...
Identification of Innovative Sector-Specific Strategies for the Life Sciences and Technology Sectors in New Jersey
Presents a workforce analysis of the life sciences and technology sectors in New Jersey, with a particular emphasis on the sectors’ intersection with artificial intelligence. Offers workforce strategies for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and sector...
Chapter 7: The COVID-19 Recession, Economic Recovery, and Inflation
Several nationally representative studies of American adults were conducted during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 U.S. presidential election, including two surveys conducted before the election and after President Joe Biden was declared the winner.
Generative Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on New Jersey’s Technology and Life Sciences Sectors: A Literature Review
Offers an overview of the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on work in the United States, and how GenAI may affect workers and employers in the life sciences and technology sectors of the economy and in New Jersey. Highlights the ways in which the...
New Jersey’s Childcare Workforce: An Examination of Internet Job Postings from October 2023
Outlines the research findings from the Heldrich Center’s job posting analysis, which offers insights into job advertisements in the child care field, including position type, employment type, wages, and location. These findings offer insights into the demand for...
Child Care Workforce Focus Group Summary Briefing
Summarizes the preliminary findings from the Heldrich Center’s first series of focus groups with members of the child care workforce in New Jersey. Findings are organized according to four themes: motivation, workplace logistics and support, career planning, and...
What’s Next: Using Workplace Divided Data to Help Incorporate Workers’ Perceptions in Workplace Discrimination and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies
Since 2022, the Heldrich Center has explored workers’ perceptions of and experiences with racial and ethnic discrimination at work and opinions of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and practices. The study included a survey using a comprehensive, national...
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Who we are HISTORY | MISSION & VISION | DIRECTIONS & PARKINGThe John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is based at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Center, founded...
Helping Older Workers Cope with Dislocation in an Era of Pandemics, Automation, Climate Change, and Economic Uncertainty
New research brief examines older workers and job dislocation.
Building Communities of Care in Workforce Development Programs
New brief examines the vital role that public libraries play for all members of a community, including job seekers.
Education and Workforce Development in the Early 21st Century Labor Market
Discusses the recession, green jobs, and job skills.
Laura Peck Co-Authors National Guide to Evaluating Causal Evidence in Education
Heldrich Center principal faculty fellow and Bloustein School associate professor Laura R. Peck, Ph.D., has co-authored a new national guide designed to help education leaders make informed decisions about programs, policies, and emerging technologies. The...
Overview of Literature Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Small Businesses
New research from the Heldrich Center, with funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, explores how public AI initiatives can better support small businesses in New Jersey. The blog post by Sofia Cacchione, a Graduate Research Assistant at the Heldrich Center,...
Heldrich Center Announces 2026 John J. Heldrich Distinguished Leadership Awards
The Heldrich Center is proud to announce its Distinguished Leadership Awards. Founded in 2016 and named in honor of the late John J. Heldrich, Johnson & Johnson executive and civic and community leader, the awards recognize and honor the accomplishments and...
Remembering Stuart Andreason
It is with deep sadness that we announce that Stuart Andreason, Ph.D., a member of the Heldrich Center’s National Advisory Board, has passed away. In recent years, Stuart has been serving as Executive Director of Programs at the Burning Glass Institute. Previously, he...
Chapter 8: Older Workers, Job Loss, and Retirement
Work Trends | Chapter 8 Older Workers, Job Loss, and RetirementWork Trends surveyed workers about retirement, including the experiences of workers who had retired but remained in the workforce, opinions about being older workers, and perceptions about retirement...