DEI STATEMENTS

Temple medical school rebrands DEI without removing it

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has renamed its Office of Hea…

By Lyle Kenitzer '28
Nov 26, 2025

NYU students call for ‘sanctuary campus’ and ‘race-based scholarships’ at university senate rally

Students for a Democratic Society organized the Nov. 13 protest during NYU’s senate meeting.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Nov 18, 2025

Kansas State University offers 8k DEI certificate

The certificate is offered as lawmakers accuse the university of skirting the state’s anti-DEI law.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Nov 17, 2025

UW professor condemns DEI hiring mandates: ‘I’d never be hired today’

A University of Washington computer science professor claims mandatory diversity statements have reshaped faculty h…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 27, 2025

University of Washington still requires ‘diversity statements’ for wide range of positions

Multiple academic departments at University of Washington still require diversity statements from job applicants.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Oct 24, 2025

Thousands sign petition supporting Georgetown Law dean who defended DEI programs

Former Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor defended the school’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs after a f…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 16, 2025

UMass Amherst to 'remain steadfast' in its commitment to DEI

The university held a program on October 10 titled 'Strategic Readiness in DEI.'

By Brendan McDonald '25
Oct 14, 2025

University of Oklahoma memo restricts classroom DEI practices under state mandate

On Sept. 2, the University of Oklahoma’s Division of Access and Opportunity released a memo warning professors agai…

By Claire Harrington '25
Sep 5, 2025

UConn medical school faces federal complaint over race-based externship program

UConn’s School of Medicine faces a federal civil rights complaint over its Visiting Externship for Students Underre…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 4, 2025

University of West Alabama is 'looking for loopholes' to continue DEI programs despite state law

Hidden-camera video reveals administrator planning to keep DEI ‘any way that we can.'

By Connor Clayton '26
Aug 30, 2025

Five major DEI rollbacks reshape higher ed under state and federal pressure

Campus Reform highlights five pillars of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) that have been dismantled on campuse…

By Emily Sturge
Aug 25, 2025

Study shows widespread use of DEI statements in faculty hiring

Researchers found that 22.3 percent of 2024–25 faculty job ads required Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) stat…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 24, 2025

UPenn law school shuts down DEI office that ran anti-bias training for future lawyers

Archived programs show future attorneys were taught to analyze bias and identity as part of courtroom preparation.

By Patrick McDonald '26
Aug 20, 2025

ANALYSIS: New Trump memo closes affirmative action's backdoor access into DEI infrastructure

Even after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action in 2023, race has held a firm grip on college admissi…

By Emily Sturge
Aug 16, 2025

NY college requires DEI statements for physics lecturer, construction coordinator, X-ray researcher

The State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego) is requiring applicants for at least nine job openings to …

By Emily Sturge
Aug 14, 2025

Oklahoma Legislature easily passes bill to prohibit DEI in public higher education

Oklahoma legislators have passed a bill to ban Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at public colleges…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 10, 2025

Missouri senator proposes bill to combat 'discriminatory ideology' by ending diversity statements

A Missouri state senator has authored a bill to prohibit public colleges and universities from requiring diversity …

By Brendan McDonald '25
Apr 29, 2025

Bill to restrict DEI in higher education advances in Oklahoma legislature

An Oklahoma House committee recently advanced a bill that would prohibit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) poli…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Apr 11, 2025

Kentucky state rep sponsors bill with wide-ranging ban on DEI practices in public higher ed

The bill bans DEI statements, stops spending on DEI, and prohibits schools from forcing students to take classes ‘d…

By Elad Vaida
Feb 14, 2025

University of Michigan students react to gutting of faculty diversity statements

Following the University of Michigan's recent move to cut diversity statements from faculty hiring, some students h…

By Campus Reform
Dec 16, 2024

University of Michigan says it will 'no longer solicit' diversity statements for faculty employment

The University of Michigan announced Thursday it will "no longer solicit" diversity statements for faculty hiring, …

By Adam Sabes
Dec 5, 2024

Stanford class forces applicants to submit DEI statement

The class asks students to ‘describe how you will contribute to a culture of diversity and inclusion in this class.…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 23, 2024

Bates College appears to make DEI statements optional following FIRE letter

The school has made DEI statements optional for faculty applications after the Foundation for Individual Rights and…

By Joshua Odutola '24
Aug 20, 2024

Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences will no longer require job applicants to submit DEI statements

Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced that it will no longer require applicants for faculty positions to…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Jun 6, 2024

Missouri bill would end forced DEI statements in public colleges and universities

SB 1125 would forbid public higher education institutions from forcing anyone to embrace DEI or submit DEI statemen…

By Patrick McDonald '26
May 22, 2024

University of Michigan regent floats possibility of ending 'concerning' mandatory DEI statements in hiring

A regent for the University of Michigan floated the idea of possibly banning mandatory diversity, equity, and incl…

By Adam Sabes
May 20, 2024

University of Wyoming scraps DEI department after state cuts funding

UW President Ed Seidel said: ‘We received a strong message from the state’s elected officials to change our approac…

By Elad Vaida
May 15, 2024