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Thursday, January 13, 2022

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will be hosting its third MSI Aspiring Leaders Forum from Friday, April 29, 2022, to Sunday, May 1, 2022. MSI Aspiring Leaders is a three-day forum and two-year mentoring program that connects prominent Minority Serving Institution (MSI) leaders with mid-career aspiring leaders from the education, non-profit, and business sectors in an effort to prepare the next generation of MSI presidents.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

This weekend, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host a Mid-Program Convening for their MSI Aspiring Leaders program in Philadelphia, PA. The two-day event will take place from Friday, November 19 to Saturday, November 20, and will focus on cohort-building and expanding the leadership skills that Aspiring Leaders have gained so far throughout the two-year program.

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute), Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI), and the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE) are proud to announce the release of, “The Power of Black Women Student Voters.” This report highlights Black women voting rights advocates and innovators on college campuses -- throughout history and in the present day. It also brings together a portrait of the political experiences of Black women in college through profiles of historically important leaders and events, interview accounts of currently enrolled students, and voting data. 

Monday, September 27, 2021

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has partnered with Student Veterans of America (SVA) to foster meaningful relationships and aid student veterans and military-connected family members attending Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) with tools to navigate higher education.

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

CMSI is proud to announce the release of the report, “Forging a Pathway to Equity in the Professoriate: Lessons from the Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) Pathways Program”. This report is focused on seeing HSIs as viable pathways to Ph.D. programs in the humanities and the professoriate. 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

This week, the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host its annual early-career faculty training program, ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators) in New Brunswick, NJ. The three-day program will include a series of interactive sessions on how to best maneuver the challenges associated with being tenure-track faculty at a Minority Serving Institution (MSI).

Thursday, August 5, 2021

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and TRIVIUM BI are proud to announce the release of a new report, “The MacKenzie Scott Donations to Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Exploring the Data Landscape.” The collaborative report uses a data-driven approach to delve into Scott’s $560 million in donations to 23 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Thursday, April 8, 2021

CMSI is proud to announce our 2021 interns for our John Smartt Summer Scholars Program.

Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) is proud to announce the release of the third issue of Pathways: A Journal of Humanistic and Social Inquiry (Pathways), a closed-submission, peer-reviewed journal that captures the distinctive voices and perspectives of Fellows in the HSI Pathways to the Professoriate program.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) is proud to open applications for the John Smartt Summer Scholars Program! As last year’s program was a success for our selected scholars, we look forward to hosting it once again for all master’s students who are interested in gaining professional experience, networking with scholars in the field of higher education, and learning essential research skills related to equity and leadership in higher education.

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