A 2467 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process.

This bill requires New Jersey's public colleges and universities to create detailed diversity plans with specific goals for recruiting and retaining diverse faculty, staff, and students, aligned with local or state demographics. Institutions must submit annual reports tracking enrollment, retention, graduation, and certification rates broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender, plus describe support programs for underrepresented students. Each campus must appoint a diversity ambassador to oversee implementation, provide annual bias training for hiring committees, and increase consideration of candidates from underrepresented groups in faculty searches. The state education secretary will also develop guidance for inclusive hiring practices, to be shared with all public institutions by November 15 each year.
Sub-Topics: Higher Education
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
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