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

Higher education leaders cite “moral imperative” and “national necessity” in supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
As of Nov. 21 at 6:30 a.m. PST, more than 100 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 here through Nov. 22.
The presidents are urging business, civic, religious and non-profit sectors to join them in supporting DACA and undocumented immigrant students.
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.

Signatures
Raymond Crossman
President
Adler University

James Mullen
President
Allegheny College

Jeff Abernathy
President
Alma College

Cornelius Kerwin
President
American University

Biddy Martin
President
Amherst College

Paul Pribbenow
President
Augsburg College

Steven Bahls
President
Augustana College

Marjorie Hass
President
Austin College

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

Robert A. Brown
President
Boston University

Clayton Rose
President
Bowdoin College

Michelle J. Anderson
President
Brooklyn College

J. David Armstrong Jr.
President
Broward College

Christina Paxson
President
Brown University

Kimberly Cassidy
President
Bryn Mawr College

Thomas Rosenbaum
President
California Institute of Technology

Steven Lavine
President
California Institute of the Arts

Chris Kimball
President
California Lutheran University

Mildred García
President
California State University, Fullerton

Jane Conoley
President
California State University, Long Beach

Robert Nelsen
President
California State University, Sacramento

John Hurley
President
Canisius College

Subra Suresh
President
Carnegie Mellon University

Barbara Snyder
President
Case Western Reserve University

John Smarrelli
President
Christian Brothers 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

Lee Bollinger
President
Columbia University

Donald Christian
President
Concordia University Texas

Katherine Bergeron
President
Connecticut College

Yves Salomon-Fernandez
President
Cumberland County College

Phil Hanlon
President
Dartmouth College

Carol Quillen
President
Davidson College

Neil Weissman
President
Dickinson College

Mary Marcy
President
Dominican University of California

Richard Brodhead
President
Duke University

Claire Sterk
President
Emory University

Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
President
Fairfield University

Mark B. Rosenberg
President
Florida International University

Daniel Porterfield
President
Franklin & Marshall College

Elizabeth Davis
President
Furman University

John J. DeGioia
President
Georgetown University

Janet Morgan Riggs
President
Gettysburg College

James E. Brenneman
President
Goshen College

Jose Antonio Bowen
President
Goucher College

Robert Allen
President
Green Mountain College

Raynard Kington
President
Grinnell College

Jane K. Fernandes
President
Guilford College

David Wippman
President
Hamilton College

Drew Faust
President
Harvard University

Kimberly Benston
President
Haverford College

Mark Gearan
President
Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Michael McRobbie
President
Indiana University

Ronald J. Daniels
President
Johns Hopkins University

James Troha
President
Juniata College

Sean Decatur
President
Kenyon College

Teresa Amott
President
Knox College

Jonathan Burke
President
Laguna College of Art and Design

Randal Wisbey
President
La Sierra University

Barry Glassner
President
Lewis & Clark College

Thomas Hellie
President
Linfield College

Timothy Law Snyder
President
Loyola Marymount University

Brian Linnane, S.J.
President
Loyola University Maryland

Brian Rosenberg
President
Macalester College

Lucas Lamadrid
President
Marymount California University

Rafael Reif
President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rudy Crew
President
Medgar Evers College

Richard Moran
President
Menlo College

Stephen Jordan
President
Metropolitan State University of Denver

Lou Anna Simon
President
Michigan State University

Laurie Patton
President
Middlebury College

Beth Hillman
President
Mills College

Sonya Stephens
Acting President
Mount Holyoke College

Andrew Hamilton
President
New York University

Joseph Aoun
President
Northeastern University

Patricia A. Gentile
President
North Shore Community College

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

Patricia Breen
President
Pacific Oaks College

Michael Sorrell
President
Paul Quinn College

Eric Barron
President
Penn State University

Melvin L. Oliver
President
Pitzer College

David Oxtoby
President
Pomona College

Charlene Dukes
President
Prince George’s Community College

Christopher Eisgruber
President
Princeton University

John Kroger
President
Reed College

William Troutt
President
Rhodes College

David Leebron
President
Rice University

Robert Barchi
President
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

John Neuhauser
President
Saint Michael’s College

Eugene Cornacchia
President
Saint Peter’s University

Michael Engh
President
Santa Clara University

Karen Lawrence
President
Sarah Lawrence College

Elissa Tenny
President
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lara Tiedens
President
Scripps College

Stephen Sundborg, S.J.
President
Seattle University

Philip A. Glotzbach
President
Skidmore College

Kathleen McCartney
President
Smith College

David Evans
President
Southern Vermont College

Edward B. Burger
President
Southwestern University

Tuajuanda Jordan
President
St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Marc Tessier-Lavigne
President
Stanford University

Matthew Derr
President
Sterling College

Samuel Stanley
President
Stony Brook University

Valerie Smith
President
Swarthmore College

Michael Horowitz
President
TCS Education System

Michele Nealon-Woods
President
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Steven Knapp
President
The George Washington University

Michael Drake
President
The Ohio State University

Bernadette Gray-Little
Chancellor
The University of Kansas

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

Satish K. Tripathi
President
University at Buffalo

Ralph Hexter
Interim Chancellor
University of California, Davis

Howard Gillman
Chancellor
University of California, Irvine

Gene Block
Chancellor
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Pradeep Khosla
Chancellor
University of California, San Diego

Michael A. Olivas
Interim President
University of Houston-Downtown

Devorah Lieberman
President
University of La Verne

Freeman Hrabowski
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Wallace Loh
President
University of Maryland, College Park

Mark Schlissel
President
University of Michigan

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

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

C. L. Max Nikias
President
University of Southern California

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

Teresa Sullivan
President
University of Virginia

Rebecca Blank
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jonathan Chenette
Interim President
Vassar College

Tori Haring-Smith
President
Washington & Jefferson College

Kenneth Ruscio
President
Washington and Lee University

Mark Wrighton
Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis

Paula Johnson
President
Wellesley College

Jim Richardson
President
Wenatchee Valley College

Michael Roth
President
Wesleyan University

John M. Dunn
President
Western Michigan University

Sharon Herzberger
President
Whittier College

Stephen Thorsett
President
Willamette University

Adam Falk
President
Williams College

Michael Graham
President
Xavier University

Peter Salovey
President
Yale University