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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.”
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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 State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities Details: Indiana State removed “African American” from the name of the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center. Source: 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: Offices; websites and statements; other DEI-related activities Details: Indiana University at Bloomington closed its Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; incorporated identity-based programs, such as the Asian Culture Center, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, and First Nations Educational & Cultural Center, into the Office of Student Life; removed references to “diversity” on the website for the Office of Institutional Equity; and renamed the Office of Institutional Equity to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance. The university’s School of Medicine canceled its LGBTQ+ Healthcare Conference. Source: (Bloomington) Herald-Times, Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana Public Media
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 at West Lafayette
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs Details: Purdue University shuttered its Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and said its staff would have the opportunity to interview for vacant jobs elsewhere on campus. Its Polytechnic Institute closed its Office of Recruitment and Diversity and laid off all staff. The university kept cultural centers open. Source: WLFI, Purdue Exponent
Purdue University Northwest
Summary of changes: Jobs Details: Purdue University Northwest will no longer employ the directors of its Office of Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives and the Office of Student Success and Urban Engagement, as of June 30. Source: Purdue Exponent
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.
Eastern Kentucky University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities Details: Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents adopted a policy stating that the university will not require students or employees to “endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint” in order to be eligible for admission, graduation, promotion, or hiring. Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
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, and eliminated four identity-based employee groups. Source: WAVE, Kentucky Lantern
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