By Luke Visconti
It makes sense that a properly managed diverse student body will help students relate to a diverse world in an era of exponentially increasing means of communications.
But the real story of Rutgers University’s diversity success is enterprise-wide. As a trustee, I’ve seen how superior diversity management under the leadership of Rutgers President Richard McCormick has driven Rutgers from $1.3 billion to $1.9 billion in total budgetas the state of New Jersey decreased its funding of higher education to a lower level than 1993. New Jersey is the worst state in the country for funding higher education. The increase in Rutgers’ budget is because of increased research grants, mainly because the research is aligned in ways that directly confront our most direct needs, such as environment, genetics and nutrition.
