Engage NJ is the PUBLIC SERVICE BACKBONE of higher education in New Jersey. Since 2011, our presidents' civic engagement coalition has represented public and private, 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher education, equipping campuses to ADVANCE DEMOCRACY and graduate students with 21st CENTURY COMPETENCIES TO THRIVE in life and work. Engage NJ member institutions empower students to be active and engaged citizens.
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We ensure that these early career professionals have both the skills and experiences to move directly into meaningful careers and contribute to a thriving workplace. With Engage NJ, not only can New Jersey’s colleges and universities be engines of economic opportunity, but also ecosystems for equality – transforming opportunities for this generation and for those to come.
ENGAGE NJ
WELCOME TO
STRATEGIC PLAN
To create this change by 2027 and to achieve our mission, Engage NJ must succeed with the following three goals and objectives.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN
OUR NUMBERS
10+
Years in Higher Ed
Non-Profit Experience
6K
Student
Alumni
6M$
Grants
Managed
20+
Affiliated
Colleges
5
Government
& Industry Partners
The past year has enabled, or even forced us, to focus on how to express our DNA in how we operate as a nonprofit presidents’ coalition.
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Our initiatives stand in solidarity with marginalized communities
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We amplify historically and legally disempowered voices and lives
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We act on matters of urgency and show intolerance in the face of inaction
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The design of our programs and how we hire both express a fundamental commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
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We are staunchly loyal to providing a podium for social and economic mobility, including by ensuring opportunities for improved life: work balance for the 21st-century member of the team
ORGANIZATION
COMMITMENTS
THE VERY EXPRESSION OF OUR NONPROFIT DNA
2024
CAMPUS
MEMBERS
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Drew University
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Essex County College
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Hudson County Community College
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Kean University
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Middlesex College
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Montclair State University
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NJ Institute of Technology
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Passaic County Community College
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Princeton University
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Raritan Valley Community College
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Ramapo College
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Rowan University
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Rutgers University - Newark
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
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Stockton University
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The College of New Jersey
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Union County College
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William Paterson University
ENGAGE CORPS
AMERICORPS
VISTA PROJECT
In early 2022, were awarded one of the largest AmeriCorps VISTA grants in New Jersey’s history. Over the next five years, ENGAGECorps will focus on developing college students’ 21st-century skills for life and work, increasing high school completion and college access, increasing college students’ overall health and educating developing minds about the human impacts on climate change in our most marginalized communities.
Through ENGAGECorps, twenty-two (22) AmeriCorps Members will serve full-time for at least one year at higher education institutions beginning this Fall, collectively providing nearly 40,000 hours of capacity-building work in these areas. ENGAGECorps members will focus on several student success strategies. Engage NJ member campuses are eligible to apply for between one and four ENGAGECorps Members.
