Dive Brief:
- Rutgers has released a plan 18 months in the making to improve its ranking, the happiness of its students, and the appearances of its campuses.
- Among the 59-page plan's dozens of goals are hiring 150 new faculty members in five years and keeping tuition increases low.
- The plan does not explain how Rutgers will pay to implement any of the goals.
Dive Insight:
Rutgers paid a consulting firm $3.4 million to help create the plan. The school had said that the consultants would receive $1.45 million, but the project's scope and timeline expanded, a spokesman said.