DEIA in 2025 and Beyond

(Source: UCLA)

The resources in this section demonstrate the importance of equity in higher education and how student success is tied to these initiatives as well as dismantling systemic injustices.

In Response to the "Dear Colleague" Letter

• A Dear Colleague Letter in Defense of DEI
• What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
• National DEI Defense Coalition
• The U.S. Department of Education’s Anti-Opportunity “Dear Colleague Letter”: What Schools, Parents and Students Need to Know

D.E.I.A. On College Campuses

• How to Support Faculty During the Chaos
• Truth about DEI on College Campus
• Divisive, Excessive, Ineffective: The Real Impact of DEI on College Campuses
• Letter to Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 Schools
• Discrimination and Achieving Equality in Higher Education

Resistance

• Declaration To #DefendResearch Against US Government Censorship
• Against Anticipatory Obedience
• AAUP Case Challenging the Trump Administrations Executive Orders Seeking to Ban Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs

Other General Pro-Equity Resources

• The Scientific Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Title V - California Code of Regulations
• American Historical Association & Organization of American Historians Statement on Executive Order
• McKinsey & Company - Why Diversity Matters
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is not bad for business
• The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication’s Principles
• Free Speech Matters. So Does DEI.