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Statement in Support of the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Program and our Undocumented
Immigrant Students
The core mission of higher education is the advancement of knowledge,
people, and society. As educational leaders, we are committed to
upholding free inquiry and education in our colleges and universities,
and to providing the opportunity for all our students to pursue their
learning and life goals.
Since the advent of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program in 2012, we have seen the critical benefits of this program for
our students, and the highly positive impacts on our institutions and
communities. DACA beneficiaries on our campuses have been
exemplary student scholars and student leaders, working across campus
and in the community. With DACA, our students and alumni have been
able to pursue opportunities in business, education, high tech, and the
non-profit sector; they have gone to medical school, law school, and
graduate schools in numerous disciplines. They are actively contributing
to their local communities and economies.
To our country’s leaders we say that DACA should be upheld,
continued, and expanded. We are prepared to meet with you to present
our case. This is both a moral imperative and a national necessity.
America needs talent – and these students, who have been raised and
educated in the United States, are already part of our national
community. They represent what is best about America, and as scholars
and leaders they are essential to the future.
We call on our colleagues and other leaders across the business, civic,
religious, and non-profit sectors to join with us in this urgent matter.
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Christine Riordan
President
Adelphi University
Raymond Crossman
President
Adler University
Elizabeth Kiss
President
Agnes Scott College
James Mullen
President
Allegheny College
Jeff Abernathy
President
Alma College
Andrea Lee, IHM
President
Alverno College
Cornelius Kerwin
President
American University
Biddy Martin
President
Amherst College
Thomas Manley
President
Antioch College
Paul Pribbenow
President
Augsburg College
Steven Bahls
President
Augustana College
Robert Oliver
President
Augustana University
Marjorie Hass
President
Austin College
Ronald Slepitza
President
Avila University
Jon R. Wallace
President
Azusa Pacific University
Leon Botstein
President
Bard College
Debora Spar
President
Barnard College
Clayton Spencer
President
Bates College
Paul Klotman
President and CEO, and Executive Dean
Baylor College of Medicine
Scott Bierman
President
Beloit College
Mariko Silver
President
Bennington College
Lyle Roelofs
President
Berea College
Jay Barnes
President
Bethel University
Antonio Perez
President
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Robert A. Brown
President
Boston University
Clayton Rose
President
Bowdoin College
Ron Liebowitz
President
Brandeis University
Michelle J. Anderson
President
Brooklyn College
J. David Armstrong Jr.
President
Broward College
Christina Paxson
President
Brown University
Kimberly Cassidy
President
Bryn Mawr College
John Bravman
President
Bucknell University
Stephen Beal
President
California College of the Arts
Judie Wexler
Interim President
California Institute of Integral Studies
Thomas Rosenbaum
President
California Institute of Technology
Steven Lavine
President
California Institute of the Arts
Chris Kimball
President
California Lutheran University
Soraya M. Coley
President
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Timothy White
Chancellor
California State University
Horace Mitchell
President
California State University, Bakersfield
Joseph Castro
President
California State University, Fresno
Mildred García
President
California State University, Fullerton
Jane Conoley
President
California State University, Long Beach
William A. Covino
President
California State University, Los Angeles
Eduardo M. Ochoa
President
California State University, Monterey Bay
Robert Nelsen
President
California State University, Sacramento
Tomas Morales
President
California State University, San Bernardino
John Hurley
President
Canisius College
Steven Poskanzer
President
Carleton College
Subra Suresh
President
Carnegie Mellon University
Barbara Snyder
President
Case Western Reserve University
Jose Fierro
President-Superintendent
Cerritos College District
Donald Laackman
President
Champlain College
Daniele Struppa
President
Chapman University
John Smarrelli
President
Christian Brothers University
Hiram Chodosh
President
Claremont McKenna College
David Angel
President
Clark University
David Greene
President
Colby College
Brian Casey
President
Colgate University
W. Taylor Reveley III
President
College of William & Mary
Sarah Bolton
President
College of Wooster
Darron Collins
President
College of the Atlantic
Anthony A. Frank
President
Colorado State University
Lesley Di Mare
President
Colorado State University-Pueblo
Lee Bollinger
President
Columbia University
Meghan Hughes
President
Community College of Rhode Island
Donald Christian
President
Concordia University Texas
Katherine Bergeron
President
Connecticut College
Laura Sparks
President-Elect
Cooper Union
Hunter R. Rawlings III
Interim President
Cornell University
Yves Salomon-Fernandez
President
Cumberland County College
Phil Hanlon
President
Dartmouth College
Carol Quillen
President
Davidson College
Brian Murphy
President
De Anza College
Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, CM
President
DePaul University
Mark McCoy
President
DePauw University
Harry Williams
President
Delaware State University
Adam Weinberg
President
Denison University
Neil Weissman
President
Dickinson College
Donna Carroll
President
Dominican University
Mary Marcy
President
Dominican University of California
Marty Martin
President
Drake University
Richard Brodhead
President
Duke University
Lee Snyder
Interim President
Eastern Mennonite University
Scott Flanagan
President
Edgewood College
Lee Pelton
President
Emerson College
Claire Sterk
President
Emory University
David Beyer
President
Everett Community College
Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
President
Fairfield University
Jody Spooner
President
Ferrum College
Mark B. Rosenberg
President
Florida International University
Thuy Nguyen
President
Foothill College
Judy Miner
Chancellor
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Daniel Porterfield
President
Franklin & Marshall College
Elizabeth Davis
President
Furman University
Ángel Cabrera
President
George Mason University
John J. DeGioia
President
Georgetown University
Janet Morgan Riggs
President
Gettysburg College
Robert Kenny
President
Goddard College
James E. Brenneman
President
Goshen College
Jose Antonio Bowen
President
Goucher College
Elaine Maimon
President
Governors State University
Kent Henning
President
Grand View University
Robert Allen
President
Green Mountain College
Raynard Kington
President
Grinnell College
Jane K. Fernandes
President
Guilford College
David Wippman
President
Hamilton College
Jonathan Lash
President
Hampshire College
Drew Faust
President
Harvard University
Maria Klawe
President
Harvey Mudd College
Kimberly Benston
President
Haverford College
Jack Bermingham
President
Highline College
Mark Gearan
President
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Colette Pierce Burnette
President & CEO
Huston-Tillotson University
Alan Cramb
President
Illinois Institute of Technology
Michael McRobbie
President
Indiana University
Steven Leath
President
Iowa State University
Ronald J. Daniels
President
Johns Hopkins University
James Troha
President
Juniata College
Jorge Gonzalez
President
Kalamazoo College
Betty Vandenbosch
President
Kaplan University
Sean Decatur
President
Kenyon College
Farley Herzek
President
Kingsborough Community College
Teresa Amott
President
Knox College
Randal Wisbey
President
La Sierra University
Alison Byerly
President
Lafayette College
Jonathan Burke
President
Laguna College of Art and Design
Thomas Pleger
President
Lake Superior State University
Mary Spilde
President
Lane Community College
John Simon
President
Lehigh University
José Luis Cruz
President
Lehman College
Barry Glassner
President
Lewis & Clark College
Jim J Adams
President
Life Pacific College
Thomas Hellie
President
Linfield College
Eloy Oakley
Superintendent-President
Long Beach City College
Karen Zorn
President
Longy School of Music of Bard College
Timothy Law Snyder
President
Loyola Marymount University
Jo Ann Rooney
President
Loyola University Chicago
Brian Linnane, S.J.
President
Loyola University Maryland
Kevin Wildes, S.J.
President
Loyola University New Orleans
Brian Rosenberg
President
Macalester College
Maria Harper-Marinick
Chancellor
Maricopa Community Colleges
Kevin F. F. Quigley
President
Marlboro College
Michael Lovell
President
Marquette University
Lucas Lamadrid
President
Marymount California University
Matt Shank
President
Marymount University
James Birge
President
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Rafael Reif
President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rudy Crew
President
Medgar Evers College
Ron Jones
President
Memphis College of Art
Richard Moran
President
Menlo College
Jianping Wang
President
Mercer County Community College
Stephen Jordan
President
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Eduardo Padron
President
Miami Dade College
Lou Anna Simon
President
Michigan State University
Laurie Patton
President
Middlebury College
Beth Hillman
President
Mills College
Thomas Botzman
President
Misericordia University
Sonya Stephens
Acting President
Mount Holyoke College
Laurie Hamen
President
Mount Mercy University
Ann McElaney-Johnson
President
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles
Andrew Hamilton
President
New York University
James J. Maher, C.M.
President
Niagara University
Patricia A. Gentile
President
North Shore Community College
Richard Helldobler
Interim President
Northeastern Illinois University
Joseph Aoun
President
Northeastern University
Fritz Erickson
President
Northern Michigan University
Scott Ralls
President
Northern Virginia Community College
Joseph Castleberry
President
Northwest University
Morton Schapiro
President
Northwestern University
Judith Maxwell Greig
President
Notre Dame de Namur University
Marvin Krislov
President
Oberlin College
Jonathan Veitch
President
Occidental College
Lawrence Schall
President
Oglethorpe University
Rock Jones
President
Ohio Wesleyan University
Diane Melby
President
Our Lady of the Lake University
Stephen Friedman
President
Pace University
Thomas Krise
President
Pacific Lutheran University
Patricia Breen
President
Pacific Oaks College
Greg Gunderson
President
Park University
Michael Sorrell
President
Paul Quinn College
Eric Barron
President
Penn State University
Melvin L. Oliver
President
Pitzer College
David Oxtoby
President
Pomona College
Wim Wiewel
President
Portland State University
John Flicker
President
Prescott College
Charlene Dukes
President
Prince George's Community College
Christopher Eisgruber
President
Princeton University
Diane Bova Call
President
Queensborough Community College
Brian Hemphill
President
Radford University
John Kroger
President
Reed College
John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J.
President
Regis University
Frank Sanchez
President
Rhode Island College
William Troutt
President
Rhodes College
David Leebron
President
Rice University
Thomas Curran, S.J.
President
Rockhurst University
Donald Farish
President
Roger Williams University
Ali Malekzadeh
President
Roosevelt University
Phoebe Haddon
Chancellor
Rutgers University, Camden
Nancy Cantor
Chancellor
Rutgers University, Newark
Robert Barchi
President
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Erik Bitterbaum
President
SUNY Cortland
Donald Christian
President
SUNY New Paltz
Deborah Stanley
President
SUNY Oswego
Mark C. Reed
President
Saint Joseph's University
James Donahue
President
Saint Mary's College of California
John Neuhauser
President
Saint Michael's College
Eugene Cornacchia
President
Saint Peter's University
Lorraine Sterritt
President
Salem Academy and College
Robert Vela
President
San Antonio College
Elliot Hirshman
President
San Diego State University
Mary Papazian
President
San Jose State University
Michael Engh
President
Santa Clara University
Frank Chong
President/Superintendent
Santa Rosa Junior College
Karen Lawrence
President
Sarah Lawrence College
Nathan Long
President
Saybrook University
Elissa Tenny
President
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Charlie McCormick
President-Elect
Schreiner University
Lara Tiedens
President
Scripps College
Stephen Sundborg, S.J.
President
Seattle University
A. Gabriel Esteban
President
Seton Hall University
Susan Henking
President
Shimer College
Philip A. Glotzbach
President
Skidmore College
Kathleen McCartney
President
Smith College
David Evans
President
Southern Vermont College
Edward B. Burger
President
Southwestern University
Conrado Gempesaw
President
St. John's University
Tuajuanda Jordan
President
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Thomas Mengler
President
St. Mary's University, San Antonio
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
President
Stanford University
Matthew Derr
President
Sterling College
Harvey Kesselman
President
Stockton University
Samuel Stanley
President
Stony Brook University
L. Jay Lemons
President
Susquehanna University
Valerie Smith
President
Swarthmore College
Michael Horowitz
President
TCS Education System
Richard Englert
President
Temple University
Michele Nealon-Woods
President
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
James Milliken
Chancellor
The City University of New York
Steven Knapp
President
The George Washington University
Michael Drake
President
The Ohio State University
Bernadette Gray-Little
Chancellor
The University of Kansas
William McRaven
Chancellor
The University of Texas System
Gregory Fenves
President
The University of Texas at Austin
Richard Benson
President
The University of Texas at Dallas
Diana Natalicio
President
The University of Texas at El Paso
Kim SUNY Cortland
President
Towson University
Seamus Carey
President
Transylvania University
Joanne Berger-Sweeney
President
Trinity College (CT)
Danny Anderson
President
Trinity University
Patricia McGuire
President
Trinity Washington University
Anthony Monaco
President
Tufts University
Michael Fitts
President
Tulane University
Stephen Ainlay
President
Union College
Roger Sublett
President
Union Institute & University
Robert Caret
Chancellor
University System of Maryland
Satish K. Tripathi
President
University at Buffalo
Steve Cole
Chancellor
University of Arkansas - Cossatot
Nicholas Dirks
Chancellor
University of California, Berkeley
Ralph Hexter
Interim Chancellor
University of California, Davis
Howard Gillman
Chancellor
University of California, Irvine
Gene Block
Chancellor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Kim Wilcox
Chancellor
University of California, Riverside
Pradeep Khosla
Chancellor
University of California, San Diego
Henry Yang
Chancellor
University of California, Santa Barbara
George Blumenthal
Chancellor
University of California, Santa Cruz
John Hitt
President
University of Central Florida
Don Betz
President
University of Central Oklahoma
Robert Zimmer
President
University of Chicago
Susan Herbst
President
University of Connecticut
Eric F. Spina
President
University of Dayton
Rebecca Chopp
Chancellor
University of Denver
Antoine Garibaldi
President
University of Detroit Mercy
Kent Fuchs
President
University of Florida
Renu Khator
President
University of Houston
Michael A. Olivas
Interim President
University of Houston-Downtown
Michael Amiridis
Chancellor and Vice President
University of Illinois at Chicago
Susan J. Koch
Chancellor and Vice President
University of Illinois at Springfield
Robert Jones
Chancellor and Vice President
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
J. Bruce Harreld
President
University of Iowa
Devorah Lieberman
President
University of La Verne
Jay Perman
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Freeman Hrabowski
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Wallace Loh
President
University of Maryland, College Park
Javier Miyares
President
University of Maryland, University College
Kumble Subbaswamy
Chancellor
University of Massachusetts Amherst
David Rudd
President
University of Memphis
Julio Frenk
President
University of Miami
Mark Schlissel
President
University of Michigan
Eric Kaler
President
University of Minnesota
Len Jessup
President
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
Marc Johnson
President
University of Nevada, Reno
Carol Folt
Chancellor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neal Smatresk
President
University of North Texas
John Jenkins
President
University of Notre Dame
Michael Schill
President and Professor of Law
University of Oregon
Amy Gutmann
President
University of Pennsylvania
Patrick Gallagher
Chancellor
University of Pittsburgh
Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C.
President
University of Portland
Isiaah Crawford
President
University of Puget Sound
Ralph Kuncl
President
University of Redlands
Joel Seligman
President
University of Rochester
James Harris
President
University of San Diego
Paul Fitzgerald
President
University of San Francisco
Judy Genshaft
President
University of South Florida System
C. L. Max Nikias
President
University of Southern California
Julie Sullivan
President
University of St. Thomas
Ricardo Romo
President
University of Texas at San Antonio
Teresa Sullivan
President
University of Virginia
Ana Mari Cauce
President
University of Washington
Bjong Wolf Yeigh
Chancellor
University of Washington Bothell
Mark Pagano
Chancellor
University of Washington Tacoma
Rebecca Blank
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mark Mone
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
David Yager
President and CEO
University of the Arts
Ronald Mason
President
University of the District of Columbia
Denise Doyle
Interim President
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio
Pamela Eibeck
President
University of the Pacific
Stephen Morgan
President
University of the West
Nicholas Zeppos
Chancellor
Vanderbilt University
Jonathan Chenette
Interim President
Vassar College
Peter Donohue
President
Villanova University
Michael Rao
President
Virginia Commonwealth University
Tim Sands
President
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Scott Miller
President
Virginia Wesleyan College
Nathan O. Hatch
President
Wake Forest University
Tori Haring-Smith
President
Washington & Jefferson College
Mark Wrighton
Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis
Kenneth Ruscio
President
Washington and Lee University
Paula Johnson
President
Wellesley College
Jim Richardson
President
Wenatchee Valley College
Michael Roth
President
Wesleyan University
Jack Thomas
President
Western Illinois University
John M. Dunn
President
Western Michigan University
Sabah Randhawa
President
Western Washington University
Kathleen Murray
President
Whitman College
Sharon Herzberger
President
Whittier College
Stephen Thorsett
President
Willamette University
Kenneth Ender
President
William Rainey Harper College
Adam Falk
President
Williams College
Barbara Mistick
President
Wilson College