A Robust Communiversity: Rutgers Statewide @ Brookdale
February 6, 2026
Rutgers Statewide Partnerships offer students access to a Rutgers degree from their home communities
In describing the innovative Rutgers program residing on his campus, Brookdale Community College president David Stout, PhD, aptly dubs it a Communiversity—a place that blends the best of what a community college offers with the resources of a major university, all in a student’s backyard. “It’s about access,” Dr. Stout says. “The program reaches students who have the aptitude to achieve but might otherwise not be a Rutgers student.”