By Jun H. Choi It's time for New Jersey to focus on finding and training the kind of top-level managers who can help us solve our most vexing problem. If you're a small business owner in New Jersey, these hard economic times probably have you focusing on the bottom line, cutting the fat and motivating your best managers and employees to improve overall productivity. Read more at njspotlight.com.

By Melinda Caliendo New Jersey's municipal governments are between the rock and the hard place of reduced revenue and increased service needs, and according to the Rutgers University Center for Executive Leadership in Government, resetting the ideas of how local government works might be the only way to survive the economic downturn. Read more at njbiz.com.

Those who take delight in the frenzy of recrimination against the government and people who work for it should spend some time with Dorothy Olshfski and Angie McGuire, two Rutgers faculty members who are studying the consequences of the slow destruction of a sense of community throughout New Jersey. Read more at blog.nj.com

New Jersey towns are universally cutting back in municipal staffing as a way to address budget shortfalls, according to a survey conducted by the State League of Municipalities and Rutgers University. Read more at nj.com.

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.

Partnership for Public Service releases report: Building the Leadership Bench Gov Management Daily reports new study addresses the expected retirement of two-thirds of the Senior Executive Service in the next five years. The report by the Partnership for Public Service and McKinsey & Co. calls for formal training programs and new efforts to find outside talent and measure. Download and read the report here.

Rutgers Camden South Jersey Executive Master in Public Administration Program Moves Saturday Classes to the Conference Center at Mercer Rutgers Camden is now accepting applications for the Saturday classes of the Off-campus program. Rutgers Camden DDPA offers Mini-MPA credits toward EMPA degree.

Rutgers' South Jersey Executive Master in Public Administration Program Moves Saturday Classes to The Conference Center at Mercer The Conference Center at Mercer on the campus of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor will be the new location for Rutgers' Executive Master in Public Administration (EMPA) program offered by the Rutgers-Camden Department of Public Policy and Administration (DPPA) in partnership with the Rutgers Center for Executive Leadership in Government (CELG).

Rutgers' Mini-MPA™ offered - Bolsters Leadership Skills for Public and Nonprofit Managers; New Topics Added for Fall 2013 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Public and nonprofit managers can enhance their leadership and management skills in Rutgers' convenient Mini-Master in Public Administration™ program being offered again this spring starting April 2, 2020.