NJ S2219

Public institutions of higher education must develop faculty and student diversity plans with specific recruitment and retention goals, updated every three years, with county colleges reflecting county demographics and four-year institutions reflecting state demographics

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

Each school and college within public institutions must designate a staff diversity ambassador to oversee plan implementation and report directly to the institution's president

Annual diversity training addressing unconscious bias is required for all faculty, staff, and students who may serve on faculty search committees, including strategies for recruiting diverse applicant pools and establishing uniform evaluation criteria

The Secretary of Higher Education and Director of the Division on Civil Rights must jointly develop guidance on best practices for faculty recruitment and retention of diverse candidates