Rutgers marked progress underway in its pursuit of becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive university at a summit this month, three years after the creation of University Equity and Inclusion and the release of the university’s first diversity strategic plan in March 2022.
Hundreds of Rutgers community members gathered in person and online on Nov. 15 for an update on the plan and conversations about what Rutgers is doing to achieve its institutional diversity goals. From a focus on hiring and retaining a diverse faculty to an initiative to increase supplier diversity, Rutgers leaders shared some of the steps taken in the last three years. To read the full story.