NJ A4090

Public institutions of higher education must develop faculty and student diversity plans with goals for recruiting and retaining diverse faculty, staff, and students, updated every three years.

County colleges must set diversity goals representative of county demographics, while four-year institutions must reflect statewide demographics.

Institutions must submit annual student diversity reports to the Secretary of Higher Education including enrollment, retention, graduation, and certification rates broken down by race, ethnicity, and gender for each academic program.

Each school and college within an institution must have a designated staff diversity ambassador who reports directly to the president and ensures implementation of the diversity plan.

Annual diversity training addressing unconscious bias is required for all faculty, staff, and students who may serve on faculty search committees, with the Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights developing guidance for faculty recruitment and selection processes.