Updated on May 16, 2025: Ohio State University, University of Louisville, University of Maine at Augusta, University of Montana, University of Pittsburgh, Wichita State University, and Yeshiva University.
The Chronicle is tracking higher ed’s dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. As colleges make changes in response to anti-DEI legislation and mounting political pressure, an inconsistent and confusing landscape has emerged. The pace of change ramped up in 2025, as the Trump administration signaled a desire to eliminate DEI efforts across the government and private sectors, including in colleges.
This resource aims to document the changes and help readers better understand how the campaign against DEI has actually reshaped campuses.
This tracker collects changes that public colleges have made to offices, jobs, training, diversity statements, and other DEI-related activities since January 2023, when The Chronicle began reporting on anti-DEI legislation. Most changes come as the result of bills, executive orders, system mandates, and other state-level actions, but more public colleges have started acting independently as anti-DEI pressure mounts. Some private colleges have also made changes and are included in our rundown. The information comes from a Chronicle survey, media reports, and tips from readers.
The Chronicle has tracked changes at 334 college campuses in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
View more details by state and individual institution below.
Colleges Affected by DEI Changes
Alabama
In 2024, Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 129 into law, banning DEI offices, diversity programs, and identity-based preferences, and preventing institutions from forcing students and employees to agree with certain “divisive concepts.” The law took effect on October 1, 2024.
Auburn University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Auburn University closed its Office of Inclusion and Diversity, and relocated the office’s staff to other positions.
Source: Alabama Reflector
Jacksonville State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Jacksonville State University eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: AL.com
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Alabama at Birmingham closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and opened the Office of Access and Engagement; and discontinued a scholarship for Black medical students.
Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Al.com
University of Alabama at Huntsville
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Alabama at Huntsville closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and opened an Office of Access, Connections, and Engagement.
Source: University of Alabama at Huntsville
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Summary of changes: Offices; DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa closed its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; opened a Division of Opportunities, Connections, and Success to focus on students who face “educational access and achievement challenges"; closed its LGBTQ+ center, called Safe Zone; and required the Black Student Union to relocate from the university’s student center. The university’s student government also replaced the “DEI Passport Program,” which offered funding for DEI initiatives, with the “Capstone Wellness Program.”
Source: University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Alabama Reflector, The Crimson White
University of South Alabama
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of South Alabama closed its DEI office and eliminated two staff positions related to DEI.
Source: Al.com
Alaska
No legislation has been proposed.
University of Alaska system (3 campuses)
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Alaska system will no longer use “diversity,” “equity,” “inclusion,” or other related words on its websites, print materials, electronic communications, programs, and positions.
Source: Alaska Public Media, The Sun Star
Arizona
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Arizona University system (four campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: The Arizona University system eliminated the use of diversity statements for hiring in August 2023, following a directive from the Arizona Board of Regents.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Maricopa County Community College District
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The Maricopa County Community College District canceled graduation ceremonies for racial affinity groups as well as other groups like LGBTQ students, veterans and disabled students; removed gender-neutral or all-gender bathrooms; prohibited pronouns from university email signatures; ended support for its Diversity Advisory Council and employee groups “centered on race, identity, or national origin"; removed webpages that directed visitors to information about Black History Month or Black Student Unions; and is reviewing webpages that mention phrases like “victimology,” “Chicana and Chicano Studies” and “Native American Student Association.”
Source: KJZZ; Phoenix News Times
University of Arizona
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Arizona took down websites for its Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Cultural Resources Centers; removed “diversity and inclusion” from its widely used land acknowledgment statement.
Source: Arizona Daily Star
Arizona State University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: Arizona State University moved multiple LGBTQ+ resources from various webpages to the the student-led Rainbow Coalition website. The university also changed the name of several identity-focused graduations. The Rainbow, Hispanic, American Indian, Black African, Asian/Asian Pacific American and International Student “convocations” will now be known as “celebrations.”
Source: Cronkite News
Arkansas
In November 2024, State Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican, introduced a bill that would ban affirmative action by state and local agencies, including public colleges. The bill mirrors SB 71, which Sullivan introduced in 2023 but failed to pass. It was signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on February 18, 2025, and is slated to take effect on July 11, 2025.
In February 2025, State Sen. Jonathan Dismang and State Rep. Matthew J. Shepherd, both Republicans, introduced a bill that would ban diversity statements in hiring and prohibit accreditors from requiring diversity statements, collecting information related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, or basing an accreditation decision on reviews of diversity, equity, and inclusion, among many other provisions. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the bill into law on March 18, 2025.
Hendrix College
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Hendrix College changed the name of its Office of Diversity and Inclusion to Multicultural Student Services and did not fill the role of vice president for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer when that administrator retired in 2023, instead hiring a part-time senior DEI strategist and adviser.
Source: KASU, Hendrix College
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville eliminated its division of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and reallocated all resources and staff to other campus departments.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
California
No legislation has been proposed.
Biola University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Biola University eliminated its Diversity and Inclusion division, citing budget cuts.
Source: The Chimes
California Institute of Technology
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: The California Institute of Technology changed the title of its assistant vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and assessment to associate vice president for campus climate, engagement, and success.
Source: Washington Free Beacon
California Polytechnic State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: California Polytechnic State University moved its Office of University Diversity and Inclusion, which had been a standalone division, under the University Personnel division.
Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune
California State University at Long Beach
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: California State University at Long Beach renamed its Office of Multicultural Affairs to the Office of Belonging and Inclusion.
Source: California State University at Long Beach
Loyola Marymount University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Loyola Marymount University canceled two sessions on air quality and environmental justice from its annual justice symposium, citing President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.
Source: National Catholic Reporter
Stanford University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Stanford University took down several DEI surveys, dashboards, webpages, and links, including the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access in a Learning Environment (IDEAL) and DiversityWorks websites.
Source: Stanford Daily
University of California System
Summary of changes: Statements
Details: The University of California system will stop requiring the use of diversity statements in hiring.
Source: The New York Times
University of California at Los Angeles
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of California at Los Angeles replaced its Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion with an Office of Inclusive Excellence; and directed staff to remove “exclusive words” from events affliated with the university’s Diversity Admit Weekend Program.
Source: Daily Bruin, Daily Bruin
University of La Verne
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of La Verne renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Mission Integration.
Source: University of La Verne
University of Southern California
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements
Details: The University of Southern California folded its Office of Inclusion and Diversity into the Office of Culture, Ethics, and Compliance; deleted references to diversity, equity, and inclusion from some of its websites; renamed several programs and job titles, replacing DEI with “community and culture” language; and removed information about a scholarship for Black and Indigenous students.
Source: Los Angeles Times, Annenberg Media
Colorado
No legislation has been proposed.
Air Force Academy
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The Air Force Academy removed a diversity & inclusion minor from its website.
Source: Air Force Academy, Wayback Machine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Colorado School of Medicine revised a scholarship for historically underrepresented students to be open to all applicants, and opened a summer research program for multicultural students to students of all races.
Source: Colorado Public Radio
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs renamed its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as the Division of Inclusive Culture and Belonging.
Source: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Colorado system (four campuses)
Summary of changes: Offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Colorado system deleted its DEI webpage, and renamed the systemwide diversity office to the “Office of Collaboration.”
Source: Colorado Public Radio
Connecticut
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
United States Coast Guard Academy
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The United States Coast Guard Academy disbanded its Office of Culture and Climate.
Source: CT Mirror
University of Bridgeport
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements
Details: The University of Bridgeport suspended its Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and took down webpages for its Office of Multicultural Affairs and DEI Council.
Source: LinkedIn (verified by The Chronicle)
Yale University
Summary of changes: DEI-related activities
Details: Yale University required the Women’s Center to institute a policy of “broad neutrality” in their operations and initiatives to ensure “all students feel welcomed.”
Source: Yale Daily News
Florida
In 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 266 and House Bill 931 into law, banning DEI offices, the use of diversity statements, and identity-based preferences in hiring at public colleges. The laws went into effect on July 1, 2023. Other legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
College of Central Florida
Summary of changes: Jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The College of Central Florida eliminated its diversity and inclusion committee and changed the title of the director of diversity and inclusion/Title IX coordinator/equity officer to the director of compliance and planning/Title IX coordinator.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Florida Atlantic University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Florida Atlantic University eliminated its Center for Inclusion, Diversity Education, and Advocacy.
Source: WLRN
Florida International University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Florida International University eliminated its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; eliminated the Office to Advance Women, Equity, and Diversity; and eliminated the Social Justice and Inclusion Office.
Source: Florida’s Voice
Florida State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: Florida State University eliminated its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office; changed three roles in its human-resources department; eliminated a DEI mini-grant program; eliminated funding for memberships to “DEI organizations” and subscriptions to “DEI publications"; and removed DEI-related keywords from its websites, such as “antiracist,” “diversity,” and “inequities.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Tallahassee Democrat
New College of Florida
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: New College of Florida has shut down its gender-studies program, following a directive from its Board of Trustees.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Pasco-Hernando State College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Pasco-Hernando State College eliminated its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department and its Office of Access and Engagement.
Source: WUSF
Seminole State College
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Seminole State College changed the title of the associate vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion to the associate vice president for organizational culture and strategy/Title IX coordinator.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Central Florida
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of Central Florida renamed its diversity, equity, and inclusion office as the department of access and community engagement; eliminated the post of vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion; and cut vacant positions related to diversity training.
Source: Central Florida Public Media
University of Florida
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Florida closed its Center for Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement; eliminated its Office of the Chief Diversity Officer; terminated 13 full-time employees with DEI-related roles; eliminated all DEI-related roles; and reallocated $5 million in DEI-related funds.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education; The Independent Florida Alligator
University of Miami
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Miami removed all websites related to DEI programs or resources. University officials said the decision to remove the websites come as “reorientation” for campus DEI initiatives in response to President Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders.
Source: WLRN
University of North Florida
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of North Florida eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion; eliminated all centers under the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, including the Intercultural, Interfaith, LGBTQ, and Women’s Centers; and reassigned any DEI-related jobs.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of South Florida
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of South Florida eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Valencia College
Summary of changes: Offices; training
Details: Valencia College separated its Peace and Justice Institute from the college and halted certain faculty-development workshops indefinitely.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Georgia
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Georgia Tech
Summary of changes: Offices, other DEI-related activities
Details: Georgia Tech dissolved its LGBTQIA+ Resource Center, Women’s Resource Center, and Black Culture, Innovation, and Technology group.
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta
University System of Georgia (26 campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; training
Details: The University System of Georgia eliminated the use of diversity statements in hiring and mandatory diversity training in July 2023.
Source: WJCL
Idaho
In 2024, Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 1274 into law, banning the use of diversity statements in hiring and admissions at public colleges. The law took effect on July 1, 2024.
All four-year public colleges in Idaho (five campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: All four-year public colleges eliminated the use of diversity statements in hiring; prohibited requiring employees or students to share their preferred pronouns; and banned race- and gender-conscious policies, programs, and cultural centers, in response to directives from the Idaho State Board of Education.
Source: Higher Ed Dive
Boise State University
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: Boise State University closed its Gender Equity and Student Equity centers.
Source: Idaho Statesman
Idaho State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Idaho State University renamed its Office of Equity and Inclusion to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX and housed it in the Office of the President. The Diversity Resource Center and the Gender Resource Center at the university were also dissolved to be integrated into broader student-support services.
Source: Idaho State University
Illinois
No legislation has been proposed.
Columbia College Chicago
Summary of changes: Jobs; Other DEI-related activities
Details: Columbia College Chicago changed the title of the Advisor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Special Advisor of Academic Access and Excellenc; replaced the webpage for its DEI initiatives with the Academic Access and Excellence webpage and also deleted multiple sites for its DEI resources.
Source: Columbia Chronicle
Northwestern University
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements; course content
Details: Northwestern University changed the job titles of at least 12 positions to remove references to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and removed DEI websites for its undergraduate colleges, Pritzker School of Law, and Graduate School. The university’s Kellogg School of Management removed a diversity, equity, and inclusion pathway from its MBA program. The university’s medical school renamed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion to the Office of Health Equity; removed mentions of Black affinity groups from the office’s webpage; and scrubbed several departments’ DEI-related webpages.
Source: Daily Northwestern, Daily Northwestern, Daily Northwestern, Daily Northwestern
Indiana
In 2024, Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 202, which bars colleges from using diversity statements and instead requires them to use “neutrality statements” to promote “intellectual diversity.”
In May 2025, Gov. Mike Braun, a Republican, signed into law a bill that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and personnel, as well as internal DEI audits, at public universities.
Other legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Ball State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; websites and statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: Ball State University ended its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and reassigned some employees; tossed its existing strategic plan, which mentioned DEI; revised several public statements that mentioned DEI; and canceled an optional LGBTQ-focused training session for staff.
Source: WANE, Indiana Public Media
Indiana University (nine campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: In a systemwide decision, Indiana University banned the use of diversity statements in faculty hiring, and created a system for students to file complaints about any faculty member, lecturer, teaching assistant, or other employee who they think has not “fostered a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity.”
Source: Indiana University
Indiana University at Bloomington
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Indiana University at Bloomington’s School of Medicine canceled its LGBTQ+ Healthcare Conference.
Source: (Bloomington) Herald-Times
Indiana University at Indianapolis
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Indiana University at Indianapolis closed an equity training center that studied education disparities.
Source: Mirror Indy
Ivy Tech Community College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Ivy Tech Community College closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging.
Source: WANE
Purdue University System (four campuses)
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The Purdue University system created a system for students to file complaints about any faculty member, lecturer, teaching assistant, or other employee who they think has not “fostered a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity.”
Source: Purdue University
Valparaiso University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Valparaiso University integrated its Office of Multicultural Programs and diversity, equity, and inclusion offices into its Student Life division, and eliminated the position of assistant vice president for DEI.
Source: The Torch
Iowa
In 2024, Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signed Senate File 2435 into law, which bans DEI offices, diversity training, the use of diversity statements, and identity-based hiring and admissions at public colleges. The law will go into effect on July 1, 2025.
Des Moines Area Community College
Summary of changes: Offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: Des Moines Area Community College stopped holding diversity commission meetings, DEI task force meetings, and training courses with DEI components, and removed mentions of DEI policies on its website as officials review whether their efforts comply with federal and state law.
Source: KCCI, Des Moines Register
Grand View University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Grand View University canceled its International Women’s Day programs.
Source: Axios
Iowa State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: Iowa State University closed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office and eliminated five DEI-related positions; renamed a curricular requirement from “U.S. Diversity” to “U.S. Cultures and Communities"; changed descriptions of nine jobs related to multicultural student success; opened the LGBTQIA+ cultural center to any student as a study and computer-lab space, delegated social activities previously planned by the center’s staff to student organizations, and changed the job descriptions for the center’s two staff members; will review and possibly eliminate the DEI committees within academic departments if they meet the state’s definition of a DEI office; withdrew from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business; revised admissions forms to include only “male” and “female” as options for gender; and removed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its strategic plan. Also, the Thomas L. Hill Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity (ISCORE) will be renamed to the Iowa State Conference on Research for Opportunity, Equality, and Excellence in Education, and will shift its focus to research on topics such as support for people with different abilities, veteran status, antisemitism and religious accommodations, socioeconomic status, and other protected classes.
Source: Iowa State Daily, The Gazette, Iowa Board of Regents, The Gazette, Iowa Capital Dispatch
University of Iowa
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Iowa eliminated its Office of Inclusive Education and Strategic Initiatives, which had been primarily responsible for DEI efforts within the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; renamed the DEI division as the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity; renamed the Office of Institutional Equity as the Office for Civil Rights Compliance, and the Center for Inclusive Academic Excellence as the Office of Access and Support; eliminated 11 DEI-related positions, six of which were vacant; modified titles and responsibilities for 59 jobs; eliminated scholarships and programs targeted toward minority students and directed funding to a grant program for low-income students; eliminated two coordinator positions and restructured two others in the university’s cultural houses; required registered student organizations to adopt a statement saying each group is open to all students; prohibited requiring students, faculty, and staff to share their pronouns; renamed a performance-evaluation metric from “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” to “Welcoming and Respectful Environment;" withdrew from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business; revised admissions forms to include only “male” and “female” as options for gender; removed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its strategic plan; and ended three identity-based living-learning communities in its residence halls. Later, the university closed the Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity.
Source: The Daily Iowan, Iowa Board of Regents, The Gazette, Iowa Capital Dispatch, The Gazette, University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of Northern Iowa eliminated its Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice and the role of chief diversity officer; eliminated the Center for Gender and Sexuality Services, and moved Military and Veteran Student Services under the Division of Student Life; cut five DEI-related positions and adjusted the responsibilities of five other roles; renamed the Office of Compliance and Equity Management as the Office of Civil Rights Compliance; withdrew from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business; revised admissions forms to include only “male” and “female” as options for gender; and removed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion in its strategic plan. The university retained its Center for Multicultural Education.
Source: The Gazette, The Center Square, Iowa Board of Regents, The Gazette, Iowa Capital Dispatch
Kansas
In 2024, Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, allowed House Bill 2105 to become law without her signature after it received approval in the House and Senate. The law bans the use of diversity statements.
Johnson County Community College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Johnson County Community College closed its Office of Inclusion and Belonging.
Source: Johnson County Post
Kansas State University system (six campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: The Kansas State University system eliminated the use of diversity statements in hiring and admissions in April 2024 following a directive from the Kansas Board of Regents.
Source: ABC News
University of Kansas
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of Kansas closed its Office of Multicultural Affairs, its Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity, and its Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity, and moved staff members into a new Student Engagement Center; moved its vice provost for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into a new role, vice provost for community impact, with different responsibilities; and changed reporting lines for staff in the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Source: Kansas City Star, The University Daily Kansan
Wichita State University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: Wichita State University merged its Office of Diversity and Inclusion with its Office of Student Engagement Advocacy and Leadership to have a more “sustainable utilization of resources” and to “eliminate redundancy in programs.” Later, the university announced it would eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programming and funding, and told employees to remove “gender-identifying pronouns or gender ideology” from their Wichita State email signatures.
Source: Wichita State University, The Sunflower
Kentucky
On March 20, 2025, Republican lawmakers overturned Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto and signed into law a bill that prohibits diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at Kentucky public colleges and bars public colleges from establishing or maintaining a diversity, equity, and inclusion office; contracting or employing an individual to serve as a diversity, equity, and inclusion officer; or providing or participating in diversity, equity, and inclusion training. The bill also bans colleges from requiring diversity statements from faculty and ends race-conscious preferences in hiring and scholarships. The bill goes into effect on June 30, 2025.
Northern Kentucky University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Northern Kentucky University closed its Office of Inclusive Excellence following the resignation of its chief diversity officer; renamed its Center for Student Inclusiveness to the Center of Community and Connections; eliminated the center’s African American, Latino and LGBTQA+ Student Initiatives; renamed its Educational Diversity and Access Scholarship to the Educational Access and Success Scholarship; stopped offering scholarships that consider race, color, national origin, sex, or religion; stopped coordinating orientations, mentoring programs, and graduation celebrations exclusively for certain groups of students; renamed its Inclusive Excellence Council to the Campus Community Council; cut off university funding for employee affinity groups; dissolved alumni affinity groups; and will not sponsor DEI training “that promotes differential treatment based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex.”
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, Northern Kentucky University
University of Kentucky
Summary of changes: Offices; diversity statements
Details: The University of Kentucky closed its Office of Institutional Diversity and replaced it with the Office for Community Relations; will no longer require employees to write diversity statements; and canceled graduation ceremonies for first-generation college students, Black, and LGBTQ+ students.
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader, AP
University of Louisville
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Louisville canceled a graduation ceremony for LGBTQ graduates.
Source: WAVE
Louisiana
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
Summary of changes: Offices; diversity statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge renamed its Division of Inclusion, Civil Rights, and Title IX to the Division of Engagement, Civil Rights, and Title IX; replaced DEI language across various DEI-related websites and programs with the word “engagement,” eliminated diversity statements in hiring; implemented a review process for its programs to assure that classifications are not made by race, sex, color, ethnicity, political views, or national origin.
Source: Reveille, Louisiana Illuminator
Tulane University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Tulane University renamed its Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to the Office of Academic Excellence and Opportunity. The university also closed its Office of Gender and Sexual Diversity.
Source: Nola.com; Tulane Hullabaloo
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Louisiana Lafayette closed its Office of Campus Inclusion.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Maine
No legislation has been proposed.
University of Maine at Augusta
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Maine at Augusta renamed its DEI councils and initiatives to “Transforming Lives.”
Source: Portland Press Herald
University of Maine at Orono
Summary: Offices
Details: The University of Maine renamed the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to the Office of Community Connections.
Source: The Maine Campus
Maryland
No legislation has been proposed.
United States Naval Academy
Summary of changes: Offices; statements; and websites
Details: The United States Naval Academy closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; ended all DEI-related contracts; told employees that emails sent by an academy email address may not contain gender-identifying pronouns in the signature; told faculty to no longer use materials in class that teach about systemic racism and sexism or promote the concepts of “environmental justice” or “gender ideology"; and removed multiple books on civil rights, racism, the Holocaust, and the history of feminism from its library that it said promoted DEI.
Source: Fox News, Baltimore Banner, Associated Press
University of Maryland at College Park
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Maryland at College Park’s diversity and inclusion office removed from its website 25 demands that Black student leaders had made in 2020. Days later, the university said it would reinstate the website but limit access to students, faculty, and staff with a campus login.
Source: The Diamondback, The Diamondback
Massachusetts
No legislation has been proposed.
Clark University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Clark University eliminated the position of vice president and chief officer of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Source: The Scarlet
Harvard University
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which includes all undergraduate programs and some graduate schools, eliminated diversity statements in hiring in June 2024; replaced diversity statements with “service” statements, in which applicants are prompted to describe “efforts to strengthen academic communities, e.g. department, institution, and/or professional societies"; stopped providing funding, staffing, or spaces for graduation celebrations for affinity groups; and renamed its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to the Office of Community and Campus Life.
Source: The Boston Globe, AP, The Harvard Crimson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology eliminated required diversity statements in faculty hiring, following scrutiny from conservative lawmakers for reports of antisemitism on campus.
Source: The New York Times
Northeastern University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Northeastern University took down or altered several diversity-focused websites and said it will change the name of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Belonging.
Source: Huntington News
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Massachusetts at Boston changed the title of a webpage for “Diversity and Inclusion” to “Inclusion and Belonging,” and removed the words “diversity,” “ethnicity,” and “gender equity” from a posted statement.
Source: Boston 25 News
Michigan
No legislation has been proposed.
Lawrence Technological University
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements
Details: Lawrence Tech took down social-media pages for its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and a webpage for its DEI advisory council.
Source: Lawrence Tech
Michigan State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Michigan State University canceled a webinar about the future of DEI after President Trump issued an executive order demanding scrutiny of DEI programs among recipients of federal funding. Michigan State also called off an annual Lunar New Year event after students expressed concern, though it was later rescheduled. The undergraduate student government passed a bill to remove mentions of DEI from its governing documents.
Source: Bridge Michigan, Bridge Michigan, The State News
Michigan Technological University
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements
Details: Michigan Technological University initially renamed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion as the Office of Engagement and Belonging. Later, the university closed the Office of Engagement and Belonging and opened an Office of Community Engagement; transitioned staff at the Center for Diversity and Inclusion into new roles in the Waino Wahtera Center for Student Success; took down a webpage for its Safe Place support program for LGBTQ+ students; and removed Safe Place training badges from some faculty profiles.
Source: DailyWire+, Michigan Technological University, Wayback Machine
Muskegon Community College
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: Muskegon Community College suspended all diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, including diversity training, and changed its vision and mission statement to remove referecnes to “equity” and “inclusion.”
Source: MLive
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Summary of changes: Offices; diversity statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Michigan will close its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and its Office for Health Equity and Inclusion. The university also ended its LEAD Scholars Program, which helped boost campus diversity, and eliminated the requirement of diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, or tenure decisions.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education; The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Michigan at Flint
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Michigan at Flint closed its diversity office and ended the use of diversity statements in faculty hiring, admissions, promotion, awards, annual reviews, or any other assessments.
Source: MLive
Wayne State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Wayne State University renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Inclusive Excellence, and changed the title of the associate provost for diversity and inclusion to the vice provost for inclusive excellence.
Source: The Chronicle
Minnesota
No legislation has been proposed.
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: The University of Minnesota’s law school paused its search for its next assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion due to President Trump’s executive order banning DEI programs in the federal government. The university is also requiring legal counsel to review all internal and external communications related to DEI.
Source: Minnesota Star Tribune
Mississippi
In April 2025, Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, signed into law a bill that bans DEI programs, diversity training, and the use of diversity statements in hiring. It also prohibits the teaching of so-called divisive concepts including “transgender ideology, gender-neutral pronouns, heteronormativity, gender theory, sexual privilege, or any related formulation of these concepts.”
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (8 campuses)
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related changes
Details: The governing board of Mississippi’s public colleges voted to remove the word “diversity” from several systemwide policies, including a requirement that presidents be evaluated on campus diversity outcomes. Also, the board replaced the system’s diversity statement with a statement on “higher-education access and success.”
Source: Mississippi Today
Mississippi State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Mississippi State University renamed its Division of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion to the Division of Access, Opportunity and Success; and renamed its Office of Institutional Diversity to Office of Inclusive Excellence.
Source: The Reflector
University of Mississippi
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Mississippi will replace its Division of Diversity and Community Engagement with a new Division of Access, Opportunity, and Community Engagement; the university’s medical center closed its diversity office. The university also ended its involvement in the Oxford Pride Parade.
Source: Mississippi Today/Open Campus, Mississippi Today/Open Campus, The Daily Mississippian
University of Southern Mississippi
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Southern Mississippi removed the words “diversity” and “inclusiveness” from its mission statement. “The vision and mission statements had not been updated since 2015 and 2017, respectively, and much has changed at Southern Miss since that time,” a spokesperson for the university said.
Source: Mississippi Today/Open Campus
Missouri
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Missouri State University
Summary of changes: Offices; diversity statements; other DEI-related activities
Details: Missouri State University closed its Office of Inclusive Engagement, banned diversity statements, eliminated hiring policies that streamlined the hiring process for diverse faculty and staff candidates, eliminated identity-conscious scholarships, and eliminated program-participation requirements that limited eligibility based on identity characteristics. The university also cancelled the Collaborative Diversity Conference and Inclusive Excellence Awards Gala.
Source: Missouri State University
Missouri Western State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Missouri Western State University closed its Center for Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: KQ2
Northwest Missouri State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Northwest Missouri State University dissolved its Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: Northwest Missourian
Southeast Missouri State University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Southest Missouri State University deleted the webpage for its LGBTQ student resources.
Source: Southeast Missouri State University, Wayback Machine
University of Missouri at Columbia
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of Missouri at Columbia closed its Division of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity; eliminated the position of vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity; and relocated remaining staff members to other departments.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of Missouri at Kansas City shut down its division of diversity and inclusion; moved the division’s employees to other departments; and adopted to a “decentralized campus-inclusion model.”
Source: KCUR
University of Missouri system (four campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements
Details: The University of Missouri system eliminated the use of diversity statements in hiring in March 2023.
Source: The Kansas City Star
Montana
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
University of Montana
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Montana changed the name of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mission statement to “Inclusive Access and Success.”
Source: Montana Kaimin
Nebraska
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of Nebraska at Lincoln closed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and eliminated DEI positions.
Source: The Hill
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Nebraska at Omaha closed its Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion Office.
Source: Nebraska Examiner, The Gateway
New York
No legislation has been proposed.
Columbia University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Columbia University removed diversity, equity, and inclusion policy language from several of its websites; and took down some DEI-related webpages.
Source: Columbia Daily Spectator
Le Moyne College
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Le Moyne College deleted references to BIPOC student resources, identity-focused events, and its “oath of diversity and inclusion” from the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging webpage.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Queens College
Summary of changes: Programs
Details: A major funder of biomedical research pulled funding for a Queens College program that aimed to make STEM more inclusive for students of diverse backgrounds.
Source: The City
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The United States Merchant Marine Academy’s webpage titled “Diversity” is no longer active.
Source: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Wayback Machine
United States Military Academy
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The United States Military Academy changed the name of its Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity to the Office of Engagement and Retention; eliminated a minor in diversity and inclusion studies; and disbanded several student clubs for women and minority students.
Source: Mid Hudson News, United States Military Academy, Wayback Machine, The Washington Post
Yeshiva University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Yeshiva University banned a LGBTQ student club from campus, reversing a previous decision to allow the club after a yearslong legal battle over religious freedom and civil rights.
Source: The New York Times
New Jersey
No legislation has been proposed.
Rowan University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Rowan University initially changed the name of its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Division of Inclusive Excellence, Community, and Belonging. Later, the university closed the division; opened a Division of Student Access and Pathway Programs, as well as a Center for Belonging and Student Engagement; reorganized diversity-related offices, such as accessibility services, under other departments; and deleted diversity-related webpages from its website.
Source: American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Rowan University
Rutgers University at New Brunswick
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Rutgers University’s Center for Minority Serving Institutions canceled a virtual conference about HBCUs and registered apprenticeship programs, after President Trump’s executive order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs barred most of the presenters from participating.
Source: Rutgers University at New Brunswick
North Carolina
In 2023, Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, vetoed Senate Bill 364, but the North Carolina General Assembly overrode the governor’s veto, banning the use of diversity statements and mandatory DEI training. It went into effect in December 2023. In 2024 the University of North Carolina system’s Board of Governors removed its policy requiring system institutions to operate a DEI office.
Appalachian State University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: Appalachian State University closed its diversity office; eliminated the position of chief diversity officer and two other jobs; closed its Intercultural Student Affairs Office, eliminating three jobs; eliminated positions in the admissions office that were dedicated to Black and African American student recruitment and Hispanic or Latino recruitment; removed a web page that listed DEI events and news and the percentage of minority students enrolled; and established a new Center for Student Success and Community.
Source: WUNC, Appalachian State University
Coastal Carolina University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Coastal Carolina University rebranded its Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to the Division of University Belonging and Student Affairs.
Source: The Chanticleer
East Carolina University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: East Carolina University altered several job titles, renaming the chief diversity officer to the chief people officer, and removing the phrases “diversity, equity, and inclusion” and “affirmative action” from two other positions; closed the Intercultural Affairs department and eliminated four positions across Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and the Brody School of Medicine; required the Faculty Senate’s committee on diversity, equity, and inclusion to change its name and remove ties to DEI in its work description; suspended its “domestic diversity” and “global diversity” undergraduate course requirements; and flagged key words like “culture,” “justice,” and “women’s rights” in course titles and descriptions to help screen for DEI-related general-education and major-specific requirements.
Source: WUNC, East Carolina University, The News & Observer, The News & Observer
Elizabeth City State University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Elizabeth City State eliminated the roles of associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer; director of diversity, equity, and inclusion; and director for prevention, awareness, and cultural education.
Source: Elizabeth City State University
Fayetteville State University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Fayetteville State University changed a job title from student diversity and inclusion coordinator to student engagement and enrichment coordinator.
Source: Fayetteville State University
North Carolina A&T State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: North Carolina A&T State University closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging; and eliminated the position of chief diversity officer.
Source: North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina Central University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: North Carolina Central University eliminated the position of university diversity officer; and reassigned its director of diversity and inclusion and its LGBTA alternative resource center coordinator to a newly established Office of Student Development and Support.
Source: North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; training
Details: North Carolina State University renamed its Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity as the Office of Equal Opportunity; eliminated eight DEI positions across different colleges; revised the titles of several employees and reassigned them to other offices; suspended all DEI-related training; relocated cultural and community centers to the student-affairs department; and removed references to DEI from its strategic plan and vision statement.
Source: WUNC, North Carolina State University, The News & Observer
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of North Carolina at Asheville changed the title of its director of multicultural affairs to associate dean of students; renamed the title of its director of the Center for Diversity Education; and reallocated funding for those two offices to other departments.
Source: WUNC, University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ended the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity; redirected $2.3 million from its DEI program’s budget to the campus police and other public-safety needs in response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus; dissolved its DEI office and several similar offices within schools and departments; changed the title of the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer to the “Executive Vice Provost"; eliminated 20 DEI-related jobs and realigned several more to other departments; deleted its webpage that listed all of the buildings that were named after slaveholders.
Source: WUNC, The News & Observer. The Daily Tar Heel, The Daily Tar Heel, The Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte closed three DEI offices; eliminated seven jobs and reassigned several other employees; and removed language from the university’s mission statement stating that the university is a “diverse and inclusive institution.”
Source: WUNC, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, The Charlotte Observer
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro removed web pages dedicated to DEI and racial equity; eliminated mandatory bias training; eliminated the chancellor’s advisory committee on diversity; and discontinued its Community Dialogue, “House of Privilege,” and “Tunnel of Oppression” programs.
Source: WUNC, University of North Carolina at Greensbsoro
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of North Carolina at Pembroke closed its Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity, eliminating two positions; and reassigned two other jobs in the diversity office to the student engagement office and the resource center, respectively.
Source: WUNC, Border Belt Independent
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: The University of North Carolina School of the Arts renamed its Division of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as the Division of Institutional Engagement; changed several job titles, including that of the vice provost for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, who is now vice provost for institutional engagement; and moved four employees to other departments.
Source: WUNC, UNC School of the Arts
University of North Carolina system (16 campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; offices
Details: The University of North Carolina system stopped using diversity statements in hiring and admissions in February 2023; banned its requirement for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at all of its universities; instituted a policy that requires university leaders to reduce “force and spending” on DEI programs; and suspended all general-education and major-specific course requirements related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Source: The News & Observer, WUNC, The Chronicle
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of North Carolina at Wilmington closed its DEI office; eliminated three positions, including the role of chief diversity officer; relocated identity and cultural centers to the student-affairs division; reduced those offices’ staffing to one coordinator per center; reassigned 13 employees to new roles; reassigned the head of the African American cultural center to be associate director of fraternity and sorority life; and removed language from the university’s mission statement stating that “our culture reflects our values of diversity.”
Source: WUNC, WHQR, WUNC, The Charlotte Observer
Western Carolina University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Western Carolina University eliminated the job of chief diversity officer, which was vacant.
Source: Western Carolina University
Winston-Salem State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Winston-Salem State University deleted its DEI web page.
Source: WUNC
North Dakota
In 2023, Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 2247 into law, banning mandatory DEI training and the use of diversity statements in hiring at public colleges. It went into effect on August 1, 2023.
University of North Dakota
Summary of changes: Training
Details: The university eliminated one optional course offered to employees on implicit bias and awareness of microaggressions.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ohio
In March 2025, Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, signed into law a bill that bans diversity statements from being used in hiring, promotion, and admissions; diversity training; and DEI offices. Colleges would also need to “affirm and declare” that they provide “the fullest degree of intellectual diversity” and that they “seek out invited speakers who have diverse ideological or political views.”
Other legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Ashland University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Ashland University renamed its diversity office as the Office of Community and Belonging.
Source: Ashland University
Baldwin Wallace University
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Baldwin Wallace University eliminated the position of chief diversity and inclusion officer, citing a budget deficit.
Source: The Exponent
Case Western University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Case Western Reserve University closed its diversity, equity and inclusion office and launched a new Office for Campus Enrichment and Engagement.
Source: Signal Cleveland
Kent State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Kent State University merged its human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion divisions to create the Division of People, Culture, and Belonging. The new division will include an individual DEI office.
Source: Kent State University statement
Miami University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Miami University initially changed the name of its Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion to the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence. Later, it closed the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence, the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion, and the Miami Regionals Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Source: The Miami Student, Miami University
Ohio University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Ohio University canceled its Black Alumni Reunion, and closed its Divison of Diversity and Inclusion as well as several affiliated centers and positions.
Source: Columbus Dispatch, ABC 6
Ohio State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: Ohio State University eliminated the position of senior vice provost of inclusive excellence; closed the Office of Diversity and Inclusion; and closed the Center for Belonging and Social Change.
Source: WOSU, Ohio State University, WOSU
University of Akron
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Akron canceled its Rethinking Race forum, which is typically held each year during Black History Month.
Source: News5 Cleveland
University of Toledo
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Toledo closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and moved the office’s programs and activities to other departments, including the Multicultural Emerging Scholars Program and the Catharine S. Eberly Center for Women, now managed by the student-affairs division, and training and campus resources for faculty and staff members, now managed by the provost’s office. The university will also stop offering majors in Africana studies and women’s and gender studies; officials said those cuts were in response to legislation directing institutions to eliminate low-enrolled programs.
Source: University of Toledo, Signal Cleveland
Xavier University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Xavier University took down webpages for its Center for Diversity and Inclusion and for diversity initatives in the athletic department.
Source: WVXU
Oklahoma
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Cameron University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Cameron University folded a diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.
Source: The Frontier
Oklahoma State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Oklahoma State University eliminated its bias-incidents response team and updated its harassment policy in response to a lawsuit from a conservative advocacy group.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Tulsa Community College
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Tulsa Community College removed references to DEI from the job titles of three employees.
Source: The Frontier
University of Central Oklahoma
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of Central Oklahoma eliminated its Office of Inclusive Community and moved some employees from its Enrollment and Student Success division.
Source: The Frontier
University of Oklahoma at Norman
Summary of changes: Offices; other DEI-related changes
Details: The University of Oklahoma at Norman closed its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and its Gender and Equality Center; opened a Division of Access and Opportunity; renamed its Office of Student Life’s multicultural programs and services as an Office of Community Engagement; eliminated its National Education for Women’s Leadership program; altered programs in the Division of Student Affairs; and is phasing out a number of diversity councils, events, and programs that appeared to give preference based on race, ethnicity, sex, gender, identity or sexual orientation.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, OU Daily, The Frontier
Oregon
No legislation has been proposed.
Corban University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Corban University renamed a webpage titled “Multicultural Diversity” to “Global and Cultural Engagement” and renamed its “Theology of Multicultural Inclusion” statement to “Theology of God’s Kingdom Diversity.
Source: OPB
Pennsylvania
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Marywood University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Marywood University temporarily suspended its diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.
Source: The Wood Word
Pennsylvania State University at University Park
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Pennsylvania State University at University Park closed its Multicultural Resource Center.
Source: Centre Daily Times
University of Pennsylvania
Summary of changes: Offices, websites and statements
Details: Several schools at the University of Pennsylvania shut down DEI-related websites to review that “they are consistent with our nondiscrimination policies and federal law,” according to a university spokesperson; some schools and offices also eliminated references to “diversity,” “minorities,” and “underrepresented students” from webpages and programs.
Source: Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pittsburgh
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Pittsburgh’s medical center removed and altered dozens of webpages related to LGBTQ health care, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and racial health disparities.
Source: Axios
University of Scranton
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: The University of Scranton deleted references to systemic racism and the “historically unfair and unjust treatment of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color” on its Office of Equity and Diversity webpage.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
South Carolina
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Clemson University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Clemson University renamed the Office of Inclusion and Equity to the division of community, engagement, belonging, and access.
Source: States Newsroom
University of South Carolina
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of South Carolina renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Division of Access, Civil Rights, and Community Engagement, and changed the title of the vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion to vice president for access, civil rights, and community engagement.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
South Dakota
No legislation has been proposed.
South Dakota State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: South Dakota State University changed “diversity” as a core value of its Pathway to Premier 2030 strategic plan to “Opportunity for All.”
Source: Collegian Media
Tennessee
In 2023, Gov. William B. Lee, a Republican, signed SB 102 into law, banning mandatory DEI training. It went into effect in May 2023. Other legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Austin Peay State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Austin Peay State University created a divisive-concepts complaint form.
Source: Austin Peay State University statement
East Tennessee State University
Summary of changes: Offices; training
Details: East Tennessee State University closed its diversity office and changed a “training about identifying and preventing discrimination and harassment in the work place” to be optional.
Source: Statement to The Chronicle of Higher Education from a university official, WJHL
University of Tennessee system (five campuses)
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Tennessee system renamed its Division of Diversity and Engagement to the Division of Access and Engagement; and created a divisive-concepts complaint form.
Source: Daily Beacon
Vanderbilt University
Summary of changes: Offices; websites and statements
Details: Vanderbilt University renamed the Student Center for Social Justice and Identity to the Student Center for Belonging and Communities; took down its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion page, which now redirects to “You at VU;" and deleted an “Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility” statement from its library system’s website. The university’s medical center ended its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
Source: Nashville Banner, Vanderbilt Hustler, WSMV
Texas
In 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed SB 17 and the state’s 2024-25 budget, banning DEI offices, mandatory DEI training, identity-based preferences, the use of diversity statements, and funding for DEI efforts at public colleges. The laws went into effect in January 2024 and September 2023, respectively.
Alamo Community College District
Summary of changes: Jobs; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The Alamo Colleges District reassigned one employee; adopted some new policies; and made changes to training related to hiring and for managers.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Central Texas College
Summary of changes: Jobs
Details: Central Texas College removed a “DEI officer assignment” from an existing role.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Collin College
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Collin College renamed and changed the focus of its Collin Culture Council.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dallas College
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: Dallas College eliminated its DEI office; reassigned employees from the office to other departments; and updated any multicultural programs to be “open to everyone.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Del Mar College
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Del Mar College updated polices, statements, and procedures that referred to “affirmative action.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
El Paso Community College
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The El Paso Community College District eliminated its Diversity Programs Office; reassigned employees from the office to other departments in the college; and updated various programs and policies.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Grayson College
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: Grayson College eliminated its equity statement.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Lamar University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training
Details: Lamar University eliminated its Division of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations and created a Division of Strategic Initiatives and Community Relations; reassigned a “small number” of employees to other positions in the university; and eliminated a third-party training module that was previously required for human-resources employees.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Lone Star College system
Summary of changes: Offices; training
Details: The Lone Star College system renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Culture and Engagement and eliminated mandatory diversity training.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Midwestern State University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Midwestern State University renamed its Mosaic Cross Cultural Center to the Mosaic Center for Community and Belonging and changed the center’s focus in the fall of 2023 from providing services to underrepresented and first-generation students to “all students.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ranger College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Ranger College eliminated its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion department.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Rice University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Rice University renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Access and Institutional Excellence.
Source: Rice Thresher
Sam Houston State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: Sam Houston State University eliminated its Center for Diversity and Intercultural Affairs; created an Office of Community and Civic Responsibility; and moved one employee to another position.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
San Jacinto College
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: San Jacinto College’s central campus eliminated its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and moved the office’s employees to other positions at the college.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Southern Methodist University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Southern Methodist University renamed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion to the Office of Cultural Intelligence;changed the titles of several diversity staff to include “cultural intelligence,” and temporarily froze a diversity-course requirement.
Source: Daily Campus; Dallas Morning News
Stephen F. Austin State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: Stephen F. Austin State University eliminated its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; created a Division of Student Development and Access Services to house its disability services, veterans-resource center, and peer-mentor programs; and reassigned its chief diversity officer to serve as a special adviser to the president.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Sul Ross State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: Sul Ross State University eliminated its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; created an Office of Multicultural Affairs; and reassigned one employee to another position.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Texas A&M University at College Station
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: Texas A&M University at College Station eliminated its Office for Diversity, which served all of the system’s campuses, and its LGBTQ+ Pride Center; created a Student Life Center that will continue some Pride Center programs that are open to all students; transferred employees to other positions; updated some hiring practices; changed some required training; and did not allow affiliates of the business school to attend the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed
Texas A&M University system (11 campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: Texas A&M University’s systemwide guidance banned diversity statements; eliminated mandatory training related to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation unless otherwise necessary to comply with legal guidelines; and required colleges to adapt programs to be open to everyone.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Texas Christian University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; offices
Details: Texas Christian University deleted multiple references to diversity, equity, and inclusion on its webpages and eliminated its Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas Southern University
Summary of changes: Unspecified
Details: Texas Southern University made changes but did not specify them.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Texas State University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: Texas State University eliminated its Division of Inclusive Excellence; created the Office of Student Involvement and Engagement; moved a “small number” of employees to other positions at the university; and eliminated mandatory DEI training for new students and employees.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Texas Tech University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: Texas Tech University eliminated its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; renamed its Black Cultural Center to the Student Enrichment Center; created a Campus Access & Engagement Office to “house other programs” for faculty, staff, and students; moved some programs from the eliminated office into other divisions like Enrollment Management, Student Life, and Academic Innovation and Student Success; transitioned employees to other positions at the university; and disaffiliated from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, KJTV, Inside Higher Ed
Texas Woman’s University
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: Texas Woman’s University closed its Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Outreach; created the Center for Belonging and First-Generation Students; moved two employees to other positions; eliminated DEI modules for employee training; paused the activities of the Chancellor’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council; and modified language on digital platforms and print publications.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Trinity University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Trinity University renamed its Student Diversity and Inclusion Office to the Student Inclusion and Belonging Office.
Source: Trintonian
University of Houston
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Houston eliminated its Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and its LGBTQ Resource Center; created a Center for Student Advocacy and Community; moved five employees to other positions; and eliminated more than 40 DEI-related programs within identity-based hubs, Student Housing and Residential Life, Counseling and Psychological Services, and University Career Services.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Houston-Downtown
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Houston-Downtown eliminated its Student Center for Diversity and Inclusion; created a Center for Student Advocacy and Community; transitioned employees to other positions; eliminated training on topics like inclusive language, microaggressions, and “Trans 101" for its leader certificate program; and reorganized services for pregnant and working students, student organizations, and a mentoring program under the new office.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Houston system (four campuses)
Summary of changes: Jobs; diversity statements; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Houston’s systemwide guidance banned assigning or hiring employees for DEI practices; prohibited identity consideration in hiring; required colleges to ensure that any multicultural events or organizations targeted for a specific identity be open to everyone; and withdrew from a conference hosted by the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Texas Tribune
University of North Texas
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; training; activities
Details: The University of North Texas eliminated its Division of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access; created the Center for Belonging and Engagement; moved eight employees to other positions at the university; discontinued DEI-focused councils, events, programs, and statements in departments, schools, and offices across the university; eliminated three faculty committees focused on issues affecting women, people of color, or LGBTQ people; disbanded networking groups for new faculty, Christians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Black employees, and employees who are from other countries; eliminated the Program for Counseling Diverse Students; eliminated a seminar on diversity in the workplace in the business school; eliminated a DEI conference, the Social Justice Speaker Series, and the Social Justice Scholars program within the College of Education; eliminated two giving funds within University Advancement; discontinued Library Pride Week; eliminated the “inclusive curriculum” within the Office of the Provost’s Student Success division; and disaffiliated from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Dallas Morning News, North Texas Daily, Inside Higher Ed
University of Texas at Austin
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; diversity statements; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Texas at Austin changed the name of its Office for Institutional Equity to the Center for Access and Restorative Engagement; eliminated its Multicultural Engagement Center and Gender and Sexuality Center; created the Division of Campus and Community Engagement and the Women’s Community Center, but then closed them in April; fired at least 49 employees with DEI-related roles; changed its Fearless Leadership Institute to be open to women of all ethnicities; eliminated funding and removed online and physical resources for registered student organizations, including identity-based student groups; required certain student organizations and faculty groups to conduct activities off campus and on their personal time; eliminated multicultural graduation ceremonies and welcome programs for underrepresented groups; and eliminated a scholarship program for undocumented students.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Austin American-Statesman
University of Texas at Dallas
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices
Details: The University of Texas at Dallas closed its Office of Campus Resources and Support in April and eliminated 20 DEI-related jobs.
Source: Austin American-Statesmen
University of Texas at San Antonio
Summary of changes: Jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Texas at San Antonio eliminated its Office of Inclusive Excellence; halted plans to create an Office of Campus and Community Belonging; dispersed disability, campus-climate, and community-engagement services across other divisions; transitioned employees through “voluntary changes in staffing” and reassignment; and eliminated 10 percent of more than 300 DEI-related programs.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, University of Texas at San Antonio statement
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Summary of changes: Unspecified
Details: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center made changes but did not specify them.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Texas system (13 campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Texas’ systemwide guidance banned diversity statements; prohibited mandatory training related to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation unless otherwise necessary to comply with legal guidelines; required colleges to adapt programs to be open to everyone; and withdrew from the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed
Utah
In 2024, Gov. Spencer J. Cox, a Republican, signed House Bill 261 into law, banning DEI offices, mandatory DEI training, the use of diversity statements, and identity-based preferences at public colleges. The law took effect on July 1, 2024.
Salt Lake Community College
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Salt Lake Community College eliminated its Office for Institutional Equity, Inclusion, and Transformation and its Office of Multicultural Affairs, and reassigned most staff members to a new Office of Student Engagement, Experience, and Achievement. The college retained its Dream Center for undocumented students.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
Snow College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Snow College eliminated its Diversity and Inclusion Office and took down the website for its Multi-Cultural Center.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
Southern Utah University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Southern Utah University eliminated its Center for Diversity and Inclusion and its Q Center for LGBTQ+ students, and moved staff members and resources to the existing Office of Student Outreach and Support.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Southern Utah University
University of Utah
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; offices; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Utah eliminated the use of “diversity questions or statements” in its hiring processes; closed its Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; closed its Black Cultural Center, Women’s Resource Center, LGBT Resource Center, and Center for Equity and Student Belonging; shifted some staffing and resources to a new Community and Cultural Engagement Center; and opened up identity-based clubs and programs to all groups. The university retained its Dream Center for undocumented students and its American Indian Resource Center, which it renamed the Center for Native Excellence and Tribal Engagement. Two student clubs disaffiliated from the university because of anti-DEI restrictions.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, The Salt Lake Tribune; University of Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah State University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Utah State University eliminated its Inclusion Center and moved its staff and resources to other departments, including a new division called Academic Belonging and Learning Excellence. The university retained its Latinx Cultural Center and its Native American Cultural Center.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah State University
Utah Tech University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Utah Tech University eliminated its Center for Inclusion and Belonging and its LGBTQ+ Resource Center; moved identity-based coordinators to different roles in a new Office of Student Engagement and Leadership and an existing Student Resource Center; and reassigned the chief diversity officer to “other administrative responsibilities on campus.”
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Tech University
Utah Valley University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs
Details: Utah Valley University renamed its Office of Inclusion and Diversity to the Office of Institutional Engagement and Effectiveness and restructured its “culture and talent team.” The university initially retained several identity-based offices, including Multicultural Student Services, LGBTQ+ Student Services, Native American Initiative, and Women’s Success Center, and consolidated them into a Center for Intercultural Engagement. Later, the university closed the Center for Intercultural Engagement.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah Valley University, KSL
Weber State University
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; jobs; offices; training; other DEI-related activities
Details: Weber State University eliminated all eight “identity-based centers"; eliminated its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Division; realigned all staff positions under its Division of Student Access and Success, and “reimagined” its position descriptions to “remove any prohibited discriminatory practices"; modified titles of student-government positions and eliminated “affinity-based senator positions"; eliminated diversity statements; and eliminated any mandatory training events that “promote discriminatory practices.” The university retained its center for military-affiliated students and families and its center for students with disabilities.
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, Weber State University
No legislation has been proposed.
The University of Vermont
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Vermont changed its Office of Equity, Belonging, and Student Engagement to the Office of the Advancement of Our Common Ground. The university also removed references to equity, diversity, and students of color from its websites.
Source: The Vermont Cynic
Virginia
No legislation has been proposed.
George Mason University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: George Mason University killed an effort to mandate diversity-focused classes after the state’s Republican governor reviewed DEI courses at the university; renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Access, Compliance, and Community; changed the title of its chief diversity officer to the vice president for access, compliance, and community; and took down a webpage for its Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence task force. The university’s law school removed webpages related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Source: Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, ARLNow
James Madison University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; offices; jobs
Details: James Madison University removed references to diversity on its Inclusion at JMU website; deleted webpages dedicated to DEI resources and heritage and cultural events; closed its diversity, equity, and inclusion division; and eliminated four positions.
Source: JMU.edu, Northern Virginia Daily
Old Dominion University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements
Details: Old Dominion University renamed a webpage titled “Institutional Equity & Diversity " to “Talent Management and Culture.”
Source: Virginia Mercury
University of Virginia
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors voted to close the university’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Source: The Washington Post
Virginia Commonwealth University
Summary of changes: Offices; Other DEI-related activities
Details: Virginia Commonwealth University terminated an effort to mandate diversity-focused classes after the state’s Republican governor reviewed DEI courses at the university; and closed its Division of Inclusive Excellence.
Source: WVEC, ABC 8 News
Virginia Community College System
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The board overseeing Virginia’s Community College System required all 23 of its colleges to end DEI practices and initiatives in admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, and graduation ceremonies.
Source: WTOP
Virginia Tech
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors voted to dissolve the university’s Office of Inclusive Strategy and Excellence.
Source: Cardinal News
Washington, D.C.
No legislation has been proposed.
American University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: American University renamed its Center for Diversity and Inclusion to the Center for Student Belonging.
Source: The Eagle
West Virginia
Gov. Patrick Morrisey, a Republican, signed an executive order in January 2025 directing public colleges to end all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
West Virginia University
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: West Virginia University closed its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and opened a Division of Campus Engagement and Compliance in its place.
Source: The Chronicle, Daily Athenaeum
Wisconsin
Legislation has been proposed. Here’s the latest.
Gateway Technical College
Summary of changes: Offices
Details: Gateway Technical College dissolved its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Source: WRJN
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Wisconsin at Madison replaced a program designed to recruit diverse faculty with one aimed at faculty who have “demonstrated the ability to mentor ‘at risk’ and/or underrepresented students.”
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
University of Wisconsin system (13 campuses)
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; jobs; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Wisconsin system stopped using mandatory diversity statements in hiring and agreed to alter at least 43 DEI-related positions as well as cease the use of diversity statements in admissions as a condition of a budget deal it struck with the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Cap Times
Wyoming
In 2024, Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed a budget that would defund and bar state spending for the diversity, equity, and inclusion office at the University of Wyoming. The measure took effect July 1, 2024.
In January 2025, State Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, a Republican, introduced a bill that would prohibit state-government entities, including the University of Wyoming and community colleges, from engaging in any diversity, equity, or inclusion program, activity, or policy. The legislation defines “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as “any program, activity, or policy that promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals or classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.” In March 2025, Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, signed the bill into law.
University of Wyoming
Summary of changes: Diversity statements; jobs; offices; other DEI-related activities
Details: The University of Wyoming eliminated its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; eliminated its Black 14 Social Justice Summer Institute; reassigned employees in the office; eliminated diversity statements in hiring; developed a new definition of DEI, which the university outlined as any program that promotes the “position that the action of a group or an individual is inherently, unconsciously, or implicitly biased, privileged or inherently superior or inferior on the basis of color, sex, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation"; replaced its Office of Multicultural Affairs with the Pokes Center for Community Resources; and cut ties with the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business.
Source: University of Wyoming; WyoFile; Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Methodology
This tracker collects changes that public colleges and some private colleges have made since January 2023 as a result of legislation, orders, or other state-level and institutional-level actions restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
The tracker reflects The Chronicle’s survey findings of public colleges in Texas and Florida that have enacted legislation banning DEI offices and activities, as well as changes compiled by The Chronicle newsroom and responses submitted through an informal survey that anyone could fill out. (In a handful of states, even though politicians have not passed laws, their criticism of DEI has driven colleges to act.)
The tracker is not meant to tally the total number of changes nationwide or at individual institutions. Rather, the aim is to help the public better understand how attacks on diversity efforts have reshaped college campuses. In cases where changes affected institutional systems, The Chronicle counted each individual campus as one college. The Chronicle counted community colleges with multiple campuses as singular entities based on their designations in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
For public-survey responses to qualify for the tracker, respondents must list the impacted institution and provide concrete documentation of changes. The Chronicle accepts the following forms of evidence: media reports, university statements, screenshots of emails, and other official college communications and documents. The Chronicle independently vets submissions and publishes those that meet these criteria.
The Chronicle is using the following categories to classify changes: offices, jobs, training, diversity statements, and other DEI-related activities (including but not limited to funding, hiring practices, and admissions practices). The written text under each entry specifies the changes. When possible, The Chronicle will provide the names of programs or exact numbers, but this tracker errs on the side of caution with tallies as not to over represent the number of changes at an institution.
