The Center for Executive Leadership in Government (CELG) is a unit of the Center for Government Services, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  CELG provides research, education, and training to local government officials consistent with its mission to strengthen the leadership capacity of individuals and organizations responsible for delivering public programs.  

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CELG News

• January 1, 2012  - On the Year-In-Review edition of NJ Power & Politics Rutgers Professors Dorothy Olshfski and Angie McGuire discussed the changing character of local communities here in New Jersey from their research on the future of New Jersey Municipalities. News12 New Jersey - NJ Power & Politics with Jim McQueeney. 
• New - Beyond Surviving Municipal Strategies for Coping with the Downturn, published in the December issue of New Jersey Municipalities, The Magazine of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, December 2011.
• Star Ledger Columnist Bob Braun:
  Rutgers professors help rethink realities for local N.J. government leaders 
• NJBIZ: Reporter: Melinda Caliendo ...Local governments find reset button
• The Record: Reporter Shawn Boburg writes on  CELG research and seminars for local government
• NJ League of Municipalities and CELG Conduct Survey on How Towns are Cutting Costs
• Rutgers University posting on the Leadership Certificate Program.
• CELG published a series of reports  for the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers.  Read the reports Facing Our Future
• NJ Spotlight Article Looking for a Few Good Leaders

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