Bailouts— Norman Markowitz, a Rutgers history professor, believes there may be a bright side to the nationalization of the auto industry. Learn why in Should Bank Executives Apply for Unemployment Insurance?

Agenda Setting— How does the media impact the way we vote? Tara Fantini of Monmouth University attempts to answer this question in The Media’s Role in Setting Agendas in Campaigns: How Presidential Elections are Framed by the Media.

The Future of Higher Ed— What does the future hold for higher education in America? In End the University As We Know It, Columbia University professor Mark C. Taylor proposes, among other things, an end to tenure.

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The Hall Institute is a non-partisan, not-for-profit foundation established to explore social, economic, educational and cultural issues. Our weekly email newsletter is sent to organizations and individuals with an interest in the material posted on our website at www.hallnj.org.

Since its inception in 2005, the institute has emerged as a leading voice for public policy in New Jersey. More than 400 papers, on topics ranging from health care to education to property taxes, have been posted on our website.

In 2006 and 2008, the institute presented online Virtual Debates among the candidates in New Jersey's U.S. Senate race. We also sponsored NJ2008, a special section on New Jersey's role in the 2008 presidential campaign.

In addition to our other activities, the institute also has published two books -- The State of the Garden State and Reaction and Reform in New Jersey. Both are compilations of the major papers posted on its website. A third volume, Creating A Common Future: New Jersey and Public Policy, is posted on the Hall Institute website.

Located in Trenton directly across from the New Jersey State House, the institute was established by George E. Hall, a successful business executive and a leading philanthropist who lives in Middletown, N.J.