College & University Presidents Call for U.S. to Uphold and Continue DACA

Story Date: November 21, 2016; download December 1, 2016

Higher education leaders cite “moral imperative” and “national necessity” in supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

As of Nov. 30 at 9 a.m. PST, more than 400 college and university presidents from public and private institutions across the U.S. have signed statement offering to meet with U.S. leaders on the issue. Signatories are listed below and the list will be updated on an ongoing basis.

The presidents are urging business, civic, religious and non-profit sectors to join them in supporting DACA and undocumented immigrant students.

College and university presidents can still sign the statement. For more information, contact support-daca@pomona.edu.

Statement in Support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program and our Undocumented Immigrant StudentsThe 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.

Signatures (435)Christine RiordanPresidentAdelphi University

Raymond CrossmanPresidentAdler University

Elizabeth KissPresidentAgnes Scott College

James MullenPresidentAllegheny College

Jeff AbernathyPresidentAlma College

Andrea Lee, IHMPresidentAlverno College

Cornelius KerwinPresidentAmerican University

Biddy MartinPresidentAmherst College

Thomas ManleyPresidentAntioch College

Michael CrowPresidentArizona State University

James LombellaPresidentAsnuntuck Community College

Jay GoguePresidentAuburn University

Paul PribbenowPresidentAugsburg College

Steven BahlsPresidentAugustana College

Robert OliverPresidentAugustana University

Marjorie HassPresidentAustin College

Ronald Slepitza

PresidentAvila University

Jon R. WallacePresidentAzusa Pacific University

Leon BotsteinPresidentBard College

Debora SparPresidentBarnard College

Clayton SpencerPresidentBates College

Paul KlotmanPresident and CEO, and Executive DeanBaylor College of Medicine

Scott BiermanPresidentBeloit College

Mariko SilverPresidentBennington College

Lyle RoelofsPresidentBerea College

Jay BarnesPresident

Bethel University

Harvey StengerPresidentBinghamton University

Antonio PerezPresidentBorough of Manhattan Community College

William P. Leahy, S.J.PresidentBoston College

Robert A. BrownPresidentBoston University

Clayton RosePresidentBowdoin College

Ron LiebowitzPresidentBrandeis University

Michelle J. AndersonPresidentBrooklyn College

J. David Armstrong Jr.PresidentBroward College

Christina PaxsonPresidentBrown University

Kimberly CassidyPresidentBryn Mawr College

John BravmanPresidentBucknell University

Samia YaqubSuperintendent/PresidentButte College

Stephen BealPresidentCalifornia College of the Arts

Judie WexlerInterim PresidentCalifornia Institute of Integral Studies

Thomas RosenbaumPresidentCalifornia Institute of Technology

Steven LavinePresidentCalifornia Institute of the Arts

Chris KimballPresidentCalifornia Lutheran University

Jeffrey ArmstrongPresidentCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Soraya M. Coley

PresidentCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Timothy WhiteChancellorCalifornia State University

Horace MitchellPresidentCalifornia State University, Bakersfield

Joseph CastroPresidentCalifornia State University, Fresno

Mildred GarcíaPresidentCalifornia State University, Fullerton

Jane ConoleyPresidentCalifornia State University, Long Beach

William A. CovinoPresidentCalifornia State University, Los Angeles

Eduardo M. OchoaPresidentCalifornia State University, Monterey Bay

Dianne HarrisonPresidentCalifornia State University, Northridge

Robert NelsenPresident

California State University, Sacramento

Tomas MoralesPresidentCalifornia State University, San Bernardino

Karen HaynesPresidentCalifornia State University, San Marcos

Donald BordenPresidentCamden County College

John HurleyPresidentCanisius College

Wilfredo NievesPresidentCapital Community College

James LoftusPresidentCardinal Stritch University

Steven PoskanzerPresidentCarleton College

Subra SureshPresidentCarnegie Mellon University

Eric MurrayPresidentCascadia College

Barbara SnyderPresidentCase Western Reserve University

Susan PeaseInterim PresidentCentral Connecticut State University

James GaudinoPresidentCentral Washington University

Jose FierroPresident-SuperintendentCerritos College District

Donald LaackmanPresidentChamplain College

Daniele StruppaPresidentChapman University

David M. CarlislePresident & CEOCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

Ed KlonoskiPresidentCharter Oak State College

John SmarrelliPresidentChristian Brothers University

Eileen Aranda

PresidentClaremont Lincoln University

Hiram ChodoshPresidentClaremont McKenna College

David AngelPresidentClark University

David McInallyPresidentCoe College

David GreenePresidentColby College

Brian CaseyPresidentColgate University

David Wain CoonSuperintendent/PresidentCollege of Marin

Mary Dana HintonPresidentCollege of Saint Benedict

W. Taylor Reveley IIIPresidentCollege of William & Mary

Sarah BoltonPresident

College of Wooster

Darron CollinsPresidentCollege of the Atlantic

Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.PresidentCollege of the Holy Cross

Anthony A. FrankPresidentColorado State University

Lesley Di MarePresidentColorado State University-Pueblo

Elizabeth DinndorfPresidentColumbia College, Columbia, South Carolina

Lee BollingerPresidentColumbia University

Melanie CornPresidentColumbus College of Art & Design

Meghan HughesPresidentCommunity College of Rhode Island

Donald ChristianPresidentConcordia University Texas

Katherine BergeronPresidentConnecticut College

Mark E. OjakianPresidentConnecticut State Colleges and Universities

Laura SparksPresident-ElectCooper Union

Hunter R. Rawlings IIIInterim PresidentCornell University

Daniel S. HendricksonPresidentCreighton University

Yves Salomon-FernandezPresidentCumberland County College

Phil HanlonPresidentDartmouth College

Carol QuillenPresidentDavidson College

Brian MurphyPresidentDe Anza College

Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, CM

PresidentDePaul University

Mark McCoyPresidentDePauw University

Harry WilliamsPresidentDelaware State University

Adam WeinbergPresidentDenison University

Neil WeissmanPresidentDickinson College

Donna CarrollPresidentDominican University

Mary MarcyPresidentDominican University of California

Msgr. Stuart SwetlandPresidentDonnelly College

Marty MartinPresidentDrake University

Richard BrodheadPresident

Duke University

Elsa NunezPresidentEastern Connecticut State University

Lee SnyderInterim PresidentEastern Mennonite University

Scott FlanaganPresidentEdgewood College

Carl StrikwerdaPresidentElizabethtown College

Leo M. LambertPresidentElon University

Lee PeltonPresidentEmerson College

Claire SterkPresidentEmory University

David BeyerPresidentEverett Community College

Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.PresidentFairfield University

Jody SpoonerPresidentFerrum College

John KellyPresidentFlorida Atlantic University

Mark B. RosenbergPresidentFlorida International University

Thuy NguyenPresidentFoothill College

Judy MinerChancellorFoothill-De Anza Community College District

Joseph M. McShane, S.J.PresidentFordham University

F. Javier CevallosPresidentFramingham State University

Daniel PorterfieldPresidentFranklin & Marshall College

Thomas MinarPresidentFranklin College

Mark Labberton

PresidentFuller Theological Seminary

Elizabeth DavisPresidentFurman University

Ángel CabreraPresidentGeorge Mason University

John J. DeGioiaPresidentGeorgetown University

Janet Morgan RiggsPresidentGettysburg College

Robert KennyPresidentGoddard College

James E. BrennemanPresidentGoshen College

Jose Antonio BowenPresidentGoucher College

Elaine MaimonPresidentGovernors State University

Kent HenningPresident

Grand View University

Robert AllenPresidentGreen Mountain College

Raynard KingtonPresidentGrinnell College

Jane K. FernandesPresidentGuilford College

David WippmanPresidentHamilton College

Jonathan LashPresidentHampshire College

Drew FaustPresidentHarvard University

Maria KlawePresidentHarvey Mudd College

Kimberly BenstonPresidentHaverford College

John BassettPresidentHeritage University

Jack BerminghamPresidentHighline College

Mark GearanPresidentHobart and William Smith Colleges

Lisa RossbacherPresidentHumboldt State University

Colette Pierce BurnettePresident & CEOHuston-Tillotson University

Alan CrambPresidentIllinois Institute of Technology

Michael McRobbiePresidentIndiana University

Steven LeathPresidentIowa State University

Jonathan AlgerPresidentJames Madison University

Jeremy TravisPresidentJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Ronald J. Daniels

PresidentJohns Hopkins University

James TrohaPresidentJuniata College

Jorge GonzalezPresidentKalamazoo College

Betty VandenboschPresidentKaplan University

Dawood FarahiPresidentKean University

Sean DecaturPresidentKenyon College

Jorge Díaz-HerreraPresidentKeuka College

Farley HerzekPresidentKingsborough Community College

Teresa AmottPresidentKnox College

Randal WisbeyPresident

La Sierra University

Alison ByerlyPresidentLafayette College

Jonathan BurkePresidentLaguna College of Art and Design

Thomas PlegerPresidentLake Superior State University

Mary SpildePresidentLane Community College

John SimonPresidentLehigh University

José Luis CruzPresidentLehman College

Barry GlassnerPresidentLewis & Clark College

Jim J AdamsPresidentLife Pacific College

Thomas HelliePresidentLinfield College

Eloy OakleySuperintendent-PresidentLong Beach City College

Karen ZornPresidentLongy School of Music of Bard College

Timothy Law SnyderPresidentLoyola Marymount University

Jo Ann RooneyPresidentLoyola University Chicago

Brian Linnane, S.J.PresidentLoyola University Maryland

Kevin Wildes, S.J.PresidentLoyola University New Orleans

Brian RosenbergPresidentMacalester College

Gena GlickmanPresidenttManchester Community College

Michael GeislerPresidentManhattanville College

Maria Harper-Marinick

ChancellorMaricopa Community Colleges

Kevin F. F. QuigleyPresidentMarlboro College

Michael LovellPresidentMarquette University

Lucas LamadridPresidentMarymount California University

Matt ShankPresidentMarymount University

James BirgePresidentMassachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Rafael ReifPresidentMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael SchneiderPresidentMcPherson College

Rudy CrewPresidentMedgar Evers College

Ron JonesPresident

Memphis College of Art

Richard MoranPresidentMenlo College

Jianping WangPresidentMercer County Community College

Stephen JordanPresidentMetropolitan State University of Denver

Eduardo PadronPresidentMiami Dade College

Lou Anna SimonPresidentMichigan State University

Laurie PattonPresidentMiddlebury College

James MabryPresidentMiddlesex Community College

Beth HillmanPresidentMills College

Thomas BotzmanPresidentMisericordia University

Bryon GrigsbyPresidentMoravian College

Sonya StephensActing PresidentMount Holyoke College

Laurie HamenPresidentMount Mercy University

Ann McElaney-JohnsonPresidentMount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles

Daisy Cocco De FilippisPresidentNaugatuck Valley Community College

Bart PattersonPresidentNevada State College

Andrew HamiltonPresidentNew York University

James J. Maher, C.M.PresidentNiagara University

Patricia A. GentilePresidentNorth Shore Community College

Richard Helldobler

Interim PresidentNortheastern Illinois University

Joseph AounPresidentNortheastern University

Rita Hartung ChengPresidentNorthern Arizona University

Douglas BakerPresidentNorthern Illinois University

Fritz EricksonPresidentNorthern Michigan University

Scott RallsPresidentNorthern Virginia Community College

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