Rutgers Announces University EO Consortium

Rutgers University just launched the University Consortium on Employee Share Ownership, which is "dedicated to fostering collaboration among university-based initiatives that advance the study and practice of employee share ownership." In a press release from October 22, the school's Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing announced that, in convening 12 universities for this express purpose, it has created the first higher education network in the employee ownership space.

The additional consortium partners, listed below, are all active in employee ownership in some way, either through research and education, contributing to policy analysis and community engagement, or further professional education for company leaders, employees, and service providers:

• The Beyster Institute at the University of California San Diego Rady School of Management
• California State University, East Bay, College of Business and Economics
• Kellogg College, University of Oxford, Center for Mutual and Co-owned Businesses
• Kelso Institute Europe at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt
• Kent State University, Ohio Employee Ownership Center
• Saint Mary’s University, International Centre for Co-operative Management
• The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program
• The New School, Institute for Digital Cooperative Economy
• University of Colorado Boulder, Media Economies Design Lab
• University of Northern Iowa, Wilson College of Business
• White Rose Centre of Employee Ownership at the University of Leeds 

The NCEO is excited to collaborate with this new consortium in ways that will further the mission and impact of employee ownership.