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 Office of Inclusion, Civil Rights, and Title IX to the Office 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to assure that classifications are not made by race, sex, color, ethnicity, political views, or national origin; rescinded funding from a student group that educated students on their legal rights and issues within the criminal-justice system; canceled several events, including a fitness class to kick off Black History Month and a women’s lifting night for International Women’s Day; revised job titles and descriptions to remove references to DEI; removed references to DEI from mission statements and physical signs on campus; ended the the business school’s involvement with the PhD Project, a network and mentorship program for minority students seeking doctoral degrees in business; and required graduation ceremonies for affinity groups to be open to all students. Source: Reveille, Louisiana Illuminator, LSU Office of the General Counsel
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.
Boston University
Summary of changes: Jobs Details: Boston University’s Office of Community & Inclusion, which includes Diversity & Inclusion, moved to the Office of the President; the associate provost for community and inclusion stepped down due to the restructuring; the Emerging Scholars Program removed from the university’s website its list of goals, the “how to apply” section, and references to the exclusion of racial or ethnic groups. Source: The Daily Free Press
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. The university’s medical school renamed its Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnership Office to the Office for Culture and Community Engagement. The Graduate School of Education eliminated its DEI office and laid off its chief diversity officer. Harvard College took down websites for its Women’s Center, Office for BGLTQ Student Life, and Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations; and launched a new Office for Academic Culture and Community. Source: The Boston Globe, AP, The Harvard Crimson, MassLive, The Boston Globe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary of changes: Diversity statements Details: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology closed its Community and Equity Office; eliminated a senior administrative position in the office; and eliminated required diversity statements in faculty hiring. Source: The New York Times, Boston Globe
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 an annual Lunar New Year celebration and a webinar about DEI; removed references to DEI from its websites; and discontinued the use of DEI statements in employment and promotion practices. The undergraduate student government passed a bill to remove any mentions of DEI from its governing documents. Source: Bridge Michigan, Bridge Michigan, The State News, Lansing State Journal
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 the Office of Inclusive Excellence. The university also paused its project SPARK (Students Paving a Road for Knowledge). Source: The Reflector, Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi State University
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
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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; eliminated program-participation requirements that limited eligibility based on identity characteristics; canceled the Collaborative Diversity Conference and Inclusive Excellence Awards Gala; and deleted references to diversity and affirmative action in the faculty handbook. Source: Missouri State University, Springfield News-Leader
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
Washington University in St. Louis
Summary of changes: Websites and statements Details: Washington University in St. Louis removed statements from several websites articulating commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and deleted pages with statistics describing the university’s student and employee diversity. Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Montana
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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
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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 Hampshire
Keene State College
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; jobs Details: Keene State College took down all of its diversity-related websites after a statewide ban on DEI-related activities. Source: The New Hampshire Union Leader
Plymouth State University
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; jobs Details: Plymouth State University removed a statement emphasizing diversity from its Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Center website and deleted a section titled “IDEA in the Curriculum.” It also changed the title of its Chief Diversity Officer Director and Director of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to the Director of the IDEA Center. Source: The New Hampshire Union Leader
University of New Hampshire
Summary of changes: Websites and statements; jobs Details: The University of New Hampshire temporarily removed its Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion webpages to comply with a statewide ban on “DEI-related initiatives, programs, training, or policies.” It also renamed its chief diversity officer to associate vice president for community, civil rights, and compliance, and prohibited the use of diversity statements in hiring. Source: The University of New Hampshire; Foster’s Daily Democrat
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
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
University of Rochester
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities Details: The University of Rochester’s School of Education renamed its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Resources & Learning Opportunities office to Belonging, Engagement, Support & Thriving Resources and Learning Opportunities. Source: The University of Rochester
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
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
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 its position of chief diversity officer, which had been vacant for more than a year; and closed its Office of Intercultural Affairs. Source: Western Carolina University, WFAE
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.”
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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
Bowling Green State University
Summary of changes: Offices Details: Bowling Green State University shuttered its Division of Inclusion and Belonging, which housed its Center for Women and Gender Equity and Center for Student Connections and Opportunity, and reassigned the division’s staff. Source: WOUB , Bowling Green State University
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, and closed its Women’s Center, LGBTQ+ Center, and Multicultural Center. Source: Kent State University statement, WYSO
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; closed the Center for Belonging and Social Change; and removed a website offering support for LGBTQ+ students. The university’s medical center closed the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and terminated the vice chairs for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Source: WOSU, Ohio State University, WOSU, NBC4, Signal Cleveland
University of Akron
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities Details: The University of Akron canceled its annual Black History Month Rethinking Race forum and closed its Office of Multicultural Development and Office of Inclusive Excellence. Source: News5 Cleveland, WOUB
University of Cincinnati
Summary of changes: Offices; Jobs Details: The University of Cincinnati shuttered all four of its identity centers, which included an Equity and Inclusion Office, LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center, and Ethnic Programs & Services Center; renamed its African American Cultural & Resource Center to the Cultural Center; and renamed its vice president for equity, inclusion, and community impact to the vice president for ethics, compliance, and community impact. Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, The University of Cincinnati
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
Wright State University
Summary of changes: Offices; jobs Details: Wright State University closed its Division of Inclusive Excellence and five cultural and identity centers, and eliminated all staff positions in those offices. Source: Spectrum News 1
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
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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
University of Tulsa
Summary of changes: Offices Details: The University of Tulsa renamed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the Office of Resilliance and Belonging. Source: The Collegian
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
Oregon State University
Summary of changes: Other DEI-related activities Details: Oregon State University announced that it would end its Search Advocate Program, an effort to increase employee diversity by mitigating bias in hiring; the model has been adopted at a number of colleges. Oregon State will also end its Social Justice Education Initiative. Source: The Oregonian
Pennsylvania
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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: Offices; websites and statements Details: The University of Pittsburgh closed its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and opened an Office of Institutional Engagement and Wellbeing. Its 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 Pittsburgh
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 EdColleges
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