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 (346)

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

Scott Olson

President

Winona State University

Michael White

President

Woodland Community College

Michael Graham

President

Xavier University

Linda Kaminski

President

Yakima Valley College

Peter Salovey

President

Yale University