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The Expansion of Public Education in New Jersey, Inaugural address by President John M. Thomas: Rutgers University Bulletin, October 1925, Series I, No. 4
No full textThis is the Inaugural address by President John M. Thomas at Rutgers University entitled The Expansion of Public Education in New Jersey from October 1925
The modernization of the Rutgers Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Site and analysis of its multi-decadal boundary layer wind record
No full textOperating since 1994, the Rutgers Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Station (PAMS) at Rutgers University is the nation’s first permanent PAM Site. Due to New Jersey’s non-attainment for ozone, it is required that the state measure ozone and precursors. Over the course of the past 8 years, all of the equipment at the site has been upgraded or retrofitted to modern standards. Standard operating procedures and quality assurance guidelines have now been established which comply with the 2015 EPA Review of Ozone ambient air quality standards. An analysis of the dataset longest continuously operating instrument at the PAM Site, the 915 Mhz Wind Profiler, was performed. Analysis of the low mode data found the average wind speeds over NJ range from 6 m/s at 200 meters above ground level to around 10 m/s at 1km. Wind speed averages were higher in fall and winter, with springtime nearly aligning perfectly with overall yearly average. Wind direction, except for the lowest 300 m, averaged between 270-280 degrees, which is what was expected given the prevailing wind patterns in Central New Jersey. Overall, the profiler’s long-term analysis provides important insight for long term average wind values for NJ, an especially useful quantity for future offshore wind evaluation. This all culminates in the Rutgers PAM Site being the best condition that it has been in, the most comprehensive in terms of measurements, and thus keeping the future bright for this extensive atmospheric and photochemical assessment monitoring station.M.S.Includes bibliographical reference
Rutgers University Rent-A-Pet Animal Shelter
No full textA Rutgers University based animal shelter designed to educate future pet owners of the responsibilities associated with pet ownership, with the goal of adopting out animals to committed, healthy, happy homes.Fall 201
Using the analytic hierarchy process to improve the Rutgers simple bridge security checklist
No full textFollowing the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the New Jersey Department of Transportation asked Rutgers University to develop a checklist to be used by bridge inspectors to provide department leaders with security data for the entire bridge inventory. Rutgers University quickly developed a concise checklist which could be used for this purpose. The existing tool consists of 37 questions broken down into 3 categories, which are Occurrence (O), Vulnerability (V), and Importance (I). The overall risk of the structure is measured in terms of the equation Risk = O x V x I. While the methodology behind the development of this tool was sound, the weights of the questions were based on academic case studies rather than statistical research. The use of this methodology limits the use of the checklist in real world applications. In order to implement this checklist, there was a need to statistically justify the weights assigned to each question. In order to improve this tool, a survey was administered to industry subject matter experts from across the United States to determine the relative importance of each question within the checklist. The data from the survey was analyzed using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and new weights were assigned to each question. There were significant differences found between some of the new and the previously assigned question weights. Some of these differences could be accounted for by examining the practicality versus academic value of certain questions. It was concluded that although the survey was extremely long, the Analytic Hierarchy Process was an effective methodology to use in the assignment of the question weights. Following the completion of the analysis, the bridge security checklist was updated with the new weights, and presented to state leadership for future implementation.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Meghann M. Vale
The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. Volume 58 (Archival Information Package)
No full textThe current issue, while not technically a special issue, contains interrelated articles. There are two articles on World War II, one concerning changes that WWII brought to Rutgers and by implication, to American higher education in general, and another representing Rutgers’ WWII Oral History Project. The author of the former article, Richard P. McCormick, Rutgers history professor emeritus, is profiled in a third article that is based on an extensive interview with him. The final piece in this volume is on the nineteenth-century socialist, Robert Blatchford, by a former editor of The Journal, John W. Osborne, who has donated several books to the Rutgers Libraries by and about Blatchford.
This resource is archived and is not available for public use. The publicly accessible version is available at http://jrul.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/jrul/issue/view/1Binary format, Base64 in XML wrapper, native OJS import format -- README file -- Preface for volume 58 / Sewell, R. -- Rutgers In World War II / McCormick, R. -- The Rutgers Oral History Archives Of World War II / Piehler, G. -- The Turbulent Sixties At Rutgers: An Interview With Richard P. Mccormick / Birkner, M. -- Robert Blatchford: Neglected Socialist / Osborne, J
Understanding the impact of responsibility center management on higher education: a case study of Rutgers University
No full textResponsibility Center Management (RCM) was first implemented by the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. In the subsequent years, more than fifty American colleges and universities have adopted this budgeting system, with several more actively considering its adoption. Despite the increased popularity of RCM, there are few studies examining its early impact, in the years immediately following implementation. This dissertation helps address that gap in the literature by examining the impact on Rutgers University of its 2016 adoption of RCM.
Drawing upon institutional document analysis as well as in-depth interviews with thirty- nine administrators, faculty and staff members across the three campuses at Rutgers: New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden, this case study identified nearly a dozen impacts on the university’s culture, finances, and management. Several impacts were found to be consistent with the existing literature. These impacts include enhanced cost consciousness and accountability coupled with insufficient transparency, increased competition among academic units for students and tuition revenue, inhibited interdisciplinary collaboration, and a lack of clarity and transparency about how cost pools are calculated.
The study also identified several challenges resulting from the adoption and implementation of RCM at Rutgers that had not been previously documented in the literature. Specifically, the study found that RCM at Rutgers disincentivized state sponsored research, hindered financial and strategic planning at all but the campus level, posed challenges to the university’s research enterprise, and was inconsistently implemented within the Rutgers system.
The success of a university budget model goes beyond its use as a financial tool. A successful budget model not only allocates revenues and costs, but also provides clarity, predictability and a roadmap for financial and strategic planning. A good budget model is aligned with the mission, culture, goals and strategic priorities of an institution. A good budget model furthers academic excellence by driving budgeting procedures that align with the economic realities an institution faces. At Rutgers, RCM failed to achieve its goals on these criteria.
The findings have implications for other RCM institutions as well as for any institutions of higher education considering a move to RCM. The analytic results provide evidence that institutional allocation choices have substantial effects on higher education outcomes as they create incentives that can either encourage or impede specific behaviors. Also, RCM’s objective of bringing marketplace incentives to higher education works against the collaborative nature of higher education and can pit units against each other, causing them to fight for resources. Finally, the unintended consequences of RCM can limit an institution’s growth and prosperity unless it can respond to them effectively and in a timely fashion.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical reference
necromancer
No full textA collection of poetry by Tyler M. Michaud submitted to Rutgers University - Newark as a requirement for the M.F.A. in Creative Writing.M.F.A.Includes bibliographical reference
Noncompliance of the New Single Stream Recycling Policy at Rutgers University
No full textA campaign to educate the Rutgers University community is recommended.Fall 2011Accompanied by video fil
Food to Fuel: Anaerobic Digestion at the Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
No full textThe food waste at Rutgers New Brunswick can be converted to bio-fuel through the means of anaerobic digestionSpring 201
Renovation of a Rutgers Space for Use as a Commuter Lounge to Reduce Our Carbon Footprint
No full textCreating an exclusive facility to solve commuter problems within Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJSpring 2012 PMAccompanied by video fil
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