DACA Statements
At the suggestion of David Comp at International Higher Education Consulting, we compiled a list of higher education institutions and associations that issued statements in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program (some of these statements anticipated such an announcement). Using David’s initial post as a starting point, we identified over 300 colleges and universities from nearly every state (including several college and university systems) and more than two dozen higher education associations that issued statements in support of DACA beneficiaries.
Joint Statements
The most prominent entry on this list is the Statement in Support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program and our Undocumented Immigrant Students initiated by Pomona College and signed by 700 presidents and chancellors (and counting).
Colleges and Universities
- Adams State College
- Adelphi University
- Aims Community College
- Albion College
- Albright College
- Allan Hancock College
- Alverno College
- American University
- Amherst College
- Andrews University
- Antelope Valley College
- Arapahoe Community College
- Arizona State University
- Augsburg College
- Augustana College
- Avila University
- Azusa Pacific University
- Babson College
- Ball State University
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Baruch College
- Bates College
- Bellarmine University
- Belmont University
- Bennington College
- Bethany College
- Binghamton University, State University of New York
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Bowdoin College
- Brandeis University
- Brooklyn College
- Brown University
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucknell University
- Buena Vista University
- Butler University
- California Community Colleges
- California Institute of Integral Studies
- California Institute of Technology
- California Lutheran University
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- California State University, Bakersfield
- California State University, Channel Islands
- California State University, East Bay
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University, Long Beach
- California State University, Los Angeles
- California State University, Monterey Bay
- California State University, Northridge
- California State University, Sacramento
- California State University, San Bernadino
- California State University, San Marcos
- California State University System
- Canisius College
- Cardinal Stritch University
- Carleton College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Carthage College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Central Washington University
- Cerritos College
- Champlain College
- Chapman University
- Christian Brothers University
- City College of New York
- City University of New York
- Claremont Graduate University
- Claremont McKenna College
- College of Charleston
- College of Marin
- College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University
- College of Southern Idaho
- College of William and Mary
- College of Wooster
- Colorado College
- Colorado Community College System
- Colorado Mountain College
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- Community College of Philadelphia
- Community College of Rhode Island
- Concordia University Irvine
- Concordia University Portland
- Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
- Contra Costa Community College District
- Cornell College
- Cornell University
- Creighton University
- Cuesta College
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Delaware State University
- DePaul University
- DePauw University
- DeSales University
- Doane University
- Dominican University
- Dordt College
- Drake University
- Drew University
- Duke University
- Duquesne University
- Eastern Kentucky University
- Eastern Nazarene College
- Eastern University
- Elon University
- El Paso Community College
- Emory University
- Erie Community College
- Fordham University
- Fort Lewis College
- Franklin and Marshall College
- George Mason University
- Georgetown University
- Gonzaga University
- Goucher College
- Governors State University
- Grand Canyon University
- Grinnell College
- Gustavus Adolphus College
- Hamline University
- Hampshire College
- Harvard University
- Haverford College
- Indiana University
- Iowa State University
- Ithaca College
- James Madison University
- John Carroll University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kalamazoo College
- Kansas State University
- Kent State University
- Knox College
- Lafayette College
- Lane Community College
- La Sierra University
- Lehigh University
- Lesley University
- Lewis University
- Lipscomb University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Luther College
- Macalester College
- Maine College of Art
- Maricopa Community Colleges
- Maryville College
- Massachusetts Community Colleges
- Mendocino College
- Mercyhurst University
- Meredith College
- Metropolitan State University of Denver
- Miami University
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- Minnesota State
- Monmouth College
- Montgomery College
- Morton College
- Mount Holyoke College
- Mount Vernon Nazarene University
- Napa Valley College
- Nebraska State College System
- New England College
- New York University
- North Carolina A&T State University
- North Carolina State University
- Northern Arizona University
- Northern Illinois University
- Northwestern College
- Northwestern University
- Notre Dame University of Maryland
- Oberlin College
- Occidental College
- Ohio University
- Ohio State University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Otterbein University
- Pace University
- Pacific Union College
- Penn State University
- Peralta Community College District
- Piedmont Virginia Community College
- Pittsburg State University
- Portland State University
- Prescott College
- Prince George’s Community College
- Princeton University
- Providence College
- Purdue University
- Regis University
- Rice University
- Rutgers University
- St Edward’s University
- St John’s University
- Saint Mary’s College
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- St Olaf College
- Saint Xavier University
- Salem College
- Samuel Merritt University
- San Diego Community College District
- San Diego State University
- Santa Barbara City College
- Santa Clara University
- Santa Monica College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- School for International Training
- Seattle University
- Seton Hall University
- Soka University of America
- Southern Methodist University
- South Puget Sound Community College
- Southwestern College
- Stanford University
- State University of New York
- Stony Brook University, State University of New York
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Christian University
- Texas State University
- Texas Woman’s University
- Towson University
- Trinity Washington University
- Tulane University
- Tufts University
- University at Albany, State University of New York
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York
- University of Alabama System
- University of Arkansas
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California Davis
- University of California Irvine
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of California System
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Colorado System
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Denver
- University of Hawaii System
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois System
- University of Indianapolis
- University of Kansas
- University of Louisville
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Massachusetts System
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Mississippi
- University of Missouri System
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Hampshire
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, College of Arts and Sciences
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of Northern Iowa
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Portland
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Redlands
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Saint Mary
- University of San Francisco
- University of San Francisco, School of Law
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Dallas
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Texas System
- University of Utah
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- University of Wyoming
- Vanderbilt University
- Ventura County Community College District
- Vermont State Colleges System
- Warner Pacific College
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St Louis
- Waubonsee Community College
- Wayne State University
- Western Kentucky University
- Western Michigan University
- West Virginia University
- Wheelock College
- Whitworth University
- Wichita State University
- Winston-Salem State University
- Wittenburg University
- Yale University
Associations, Program Providers, and Joint Statements
- Statement in Support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program and our Undocumented Immigrant Students initiated by Pomona College and signed by 700 presidents and chancellors
- Letter From College and University Presidents Urging Congress to Take Action to Protect Dreamers coordinated by American Council on Education (ACE) on behalf of the Protect Dreamers Higher Education Coalition and signed by more than 800 presidents and chancellors
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
- American Council on Education (ACE)
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS)
- Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Association of American Universities (AAU)
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
- Association of Community College Trustees (AACT)
- Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB)
- Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU)
- Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU)
- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)
- Campus Compact
- CISabroad
- Community College League of California
- Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU)
- Five Colleges of Ohio
- Great Lakes College Association (GLCA)
- Higher Education Coordinating Commission, Oregon Council of Presidents, Oregon Community College Association, and Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges and Universities
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU)
- Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
- NAFSA: Association of International Educators
- National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
- New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium
- Texas Association for College Admission Counseling (TACAC)
- Washington State Council of Presidents, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Independent Colleges of Washington, Washington Student Achievement Council
- Wisconsin Association of College Admission Counseling (WACAC)
What is DACA?
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was announced by the Obama Administration in June 2012. It uses prosecutorial discretion to defer removal action (i.e., deportation) for qualified applicants on a temporary basis but, as an executive action, does not provide lawful status or a path to citizenship like the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would.