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.
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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
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