Investing in Our Faculty
Who is the FDC For?
From longitudinal cohort-based programs to drop-in skill-building workshops, everyone can benefit from cross-campus networking to combat isolation, develop skills to support inclusive mentoring, and engage in the community-building opportunities offered by the Faculty Diversity Collaborative (FDC).
Our Approach
By bridging across four CLUs, we leverage the scale and size of Rutgers to:
Develop and Grow in Community
Our programs aim to advance a culture of mentoring and inclusion at Rutgers.
Workshop Series
These skill-building workshops increase the capacity of mentors to be culturally aware by increasing their awareness of cultural factors in themselves, their mentoring relationships, and their training environments.
Cohort-Based Program
The ECARE program is designed to promote inclusive community for early career faculty who may face isolation and bias in academia and/or whose research focus is on racial equity and disparities.
Affinity Networks
Faculty Affinity Networks are faculty-led spaces for connection, support, career development, and advancement around unique and similar identity-based experiences.
Cohort-Based Program
The I-LEAD program is designed to provide faculty with opportunities to enhance their leadership, increase effectiveness at navigating identity-related challenges on their leadership journey, and build career enhancing and supportive networks.
Grant Program
The Mutual Mentoring program supports faculty at any career stage in developing robust mentorship networks, within and outside of Rutgers University, to combat isolation and ensure all faculty have the resources they need to thrive.
Cohort-Based Program
The OASIS Leadership and Professional Development program is designed to promote inclusive community, combat isolation and mitigate against bias, helping faculty develop the skills necessary to lead and advance in academia, with special attention to the unique challenges women faculty face as they navigate higher ranks and leadership in academia.
Workshop Series
The PECE Workshop Series is designed to support Rutgers’ mission to retain and advance a diverse faculty through professional advancement workshops that enable scholars to develop their scholarly work and identity and build connections within the Rutgers Community.
Cohort-Based Program
The RCN Program is designed to increase the engagement and scholarly productivity of Rutgers faculty by providing the infrastructure, training, and facilitation to enable effective and collaborative mentoring partnerships beyond the departmental level.
Online Resource
Activate your account for access to external mentoring and professional development training centered on helping faculty achieve outstanding research and writing productivity while having a full and healthy life off-campus.
Faculty Testimonials
Faculty Diversity Collaborative Testimonial Compilation
FDC Peer Network
Building an inclusive academy requires developing and sustaining community intentionally. The Faculty Diversity Collaborative (FDC) Peer Network is a mechanism to promote connection and offer means for engagement for Rutgers University faculty across Chancellor-led units. Use it to identify and create communities of connection.
2024-25 Faculty Diversity Collaborative Catalog
Discover career stage-specific support, opportunities to grow in community, and the many ways you can get involved as a faculty member at Rutgers!
Upcoming Faculty Events
Friday, May 30, 2025, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center (Room B), 178 Ryders Ln New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
Tuesday, March 03, 2026, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 35 Seminary Place New Brunswick, NJ 08901 United States
The Faculty Diversity Collaborative is nationally recognized as an innovative strategy to support faculty.
Review the National Science Foundation July 2022 Winners Showcase and Honorable Mentions
Meet Your Campus FDC Liaison
Why the Academy is in Need of Transformation
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