Rutgers Announces the Creation of an Employee Ownership Institute
Executive Director
On March 7, Rutgers University announced that it was opening the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, which Adrienne Eaton, interim dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations, noted is "the first institute of its kind at a college or university anywhere in the world."
She added, "Our faculty have been deeply invested in building up the academic study of capital shares for the last three decades. . . . This brings their programs under one roof and positions us to strengthen and amplify their work."
The institute will be directed by Joseph Blasi, and Douglas Kruse will be the associate director. The new institute will combine research, teaching, academic resources, a fellowship program, and the New York/New Jersey Center for Employee Ownership.