Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Campus
PA-7: Support for Underrepresented Groups

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, or any other category covered by law in its admission, programs, activities, or employment matters. https://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement

STUDENTS: Future Scholars Program - Each year, the Rutgers Future Scholars program offers 200 first-generation, low-income, academically promising middle school students from New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Camden and Rahway the opportunity for a college education. Click on a town to learn more about each program. The objectives of the Rutgers Future Scholars program are to 1)Increase the number of promising students who complete high school; 2) Encourage them to apply to and attend post secondary educational institutions, including Rutgers University; 3) Develop a replicable model to incite peer institutions in-state and nationwide. https://futurescholars.rutgers.edu/about/

ACADEMIC STAFF – STRIDE - Rutgers offers a faculty recruitment workshop, Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE), to better support inclusive hiring practices. Faculty and staff with an important role in faculty recruitment efforts (e.g. search committee chairs and members, and other key faculty) are strongly encouraged to attend. https://nbdiversity.rutgers.edu/stride-committee

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF – University Diversity Strategic Plan – A key priority of the University Diversity Strategic Plan is to attract a university community that more closely reflects the state of New Jersey, paying particular attention to underrepresented populations among students, faculty, and staff. Provide strategic support to build the capacity of individuals to engage across differences in identity and experience, attending to the difference between compositional diversity and an inclusive community. This dimension refers to community outreach efforts to build awareness of Rutgers as a destination of choice for students, faculty, and staff, professional development to support the development of multicultural competencies, and engagement opportunities to cultivate an inclusive culture promoting connection among groups that are underrepresented. https://diversity.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/RutgersUniv-Diversity-Strategic-Plan-3.31.22%20FINAL-ua.pdf

STUDENTS: THRVE Student Support Services is designed to increase the retention and graduation rates of first-generation and low-income students, as well as students with a disability. In addition, THRIVE SSS is charged with supporting students' academic and personal development, increasing financial literacy, and assisting with post-graduate planning. It includes, success coaching, tutoring, peer mentoring, workshops, and resources. https://nbdiversity.rutgers.edu/student-support-services

ACADEMIC STAFF – The Faculty Diversity Collaborative hosts several programs that aim to promote institutional transformation through sustainable attention to the full spectrum of needs to build, retain, and advance a diverse faculty. Examples of programs include The OASIS Leadership and Professional Development program, which supports Rutgers' mission to retain and advance a diverse faculty combating isolation through community. The program is designed to attend to the unique needs and challenges women face in academia through 6 months of intensive career development support via interactive workshops, mentoring and leadership coaching; The Rutgers Connection Network (RCN) Faculty Mentoring Program which is designed to advance a culture of mentoring and inclusion at Rutgers and increase the engagement and scholarly productivity of Rutgers faculty by providing the infrastructure, training, and facilitation to enable effective and collaborative mentoring partnerships beyond the departmental level; and the AEM Early Career and Racial Equity (E-CARE) program which is designed to promote inclusive community, combat isolation, and mitigate against bias that can negatively shape the experiences of early career faculty who are underrepresented in academia and/or whose research focus is on racial equity and disparities. https://diversity.rutgers.edu/fdc

NON-ACADEMIC STAFF – The Beloved Community takes the position that an inclusive academy is not an accidental endeavor. It requires intention, investment, and normalizing the push for equity and inclusion, so the academy can transform to better serve its students, faculty, and staff. https://diversity.rutgers.edu/inclusiveacademy2

The McNair Scholars Program is an initiative established in memory of physicist and Challenger Astronaut Ronald E. McNair. It was created to help prepare undergraduates for their doctoral studies by providing necessary research and scholarly activities. The program serves low-income, first-generation college students, and/or students from a racial or ethnic group historically underrepresented in graduate education. Program benefits include workshops, professional development, research funding, mentoring, and tutoring

https://nbdiversity.rutgers.edu/educational-equity/mcnair-program