Centers/Programs
Centers
The Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) is a university-based research, education and public service center. Its mission is to promote greater understanding and knowledge about women's changing relationship to politics and government and to enhance women's influence and leadership in public life.
The Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling/Rutgers-Eagleton Poll manages the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, established in 1971 as one of the nation's first university-based statewide public opinion polls. The Center also undertakes other survey research in the public interest and designs opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to learn how to read, analyze, design and administer polls.
Programs
In 1980, the Rutgers Board of Governors voted to establish the Clifford P. Case Professorship of Public Affairs to recognize Senator Case’s 34 years representing New Jersey in the United States Congress, during which “he consistently put principle above politics” and earned “the deserved reputation of having a profound sense of integrity.”
The Eagleton Institute Electronic Government Project monitors developments and innovations in the electronic delivery of public information and services, with special emphasis on the Institute's interests in state government and politics.
Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government
The Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics in Government was established by Rutgers University in 1989 under the leadership of President Edward J. Bloustein. The program honors the distinguished alumnus and long-time mayor of Trenton, a proponent and practitioner of open, responsive, and ethical government.
The New Jersey Project coordinates, strengthens, and expands Eagleton's varied efforts to assist individuals, governments and organizations in shaping New Jersey's political and policy agenda.
New Jersey Voter Information is a non-profit, non-partisan website about elections and public affairs issues affecting New Jersey. It is published by the Eagleton Institute of Politics in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and includes information from the League's New Jersey Citizens Guide to Government.
The Program on Immigration and Democracy is a cross-disciplinary group of immigration scholars that includes Rutgers faculty, Ph.D. students, and affiliated experts.
CSP functions to marshal the resources of Rutgers University in the social sciences to address the challenges posed by global warming.
The Program on the Governor, co-chaired by former Governors Brendan Byrne and Thomas H. Kean, has been created to establish Rutgers as the leading national academic center for research on the office of the governor in the 50 states.
RU Ready’s mission is to provide young people with encouragement and practical advice to enable them to participate actively in the civic life of New Brunswick.
RU Voting provides election and voter information to Rutgers students.
As part of its efforts to promote civic education about representative democracy, the Eagleton Institute is offering small grants to teachers of social studies in middle schools and high schools throughout New Jersey.
Recognizing that the fifty states are the laboratories of American democracy, the Eagleton Institute of Politics has long focused attention on state legislative research and service to ensure that both scholars and citizens understand the role and functioning of state government.
The quality of our democracy is based in large part on the education youth receive in citizenship. Through research, public service, and educational programs, YPPP is dedicated to exploring civic education at the high school level and political participation among young adults.