Catholic U's identified

United States

University DEI: Status Quo and Rebrands

4/16/2025

A report by an education watchdog organization identified Catholic colleges and universities that have “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programs.

Defending Education, a national grassroots group combating “indoctrination in classrooms,” identified more than 350 active DEI offices or programs at nearly 250 higher education institutions.
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The report also identified more than 20 additional colleges that rather than closing the offices simply “rebranded” their DEI offices using phrases such as “belonging” or “inclusive excellence.”

Rebranding words

• “Access”
• “Advocacy”
• “Belonging”
• “Community”
• “Compliance”
• “Inclusive Excellence”
• “Institutional Excellence”
• “Resilience”
• “Success”

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1. Georgetown, DC (Jesuit)
2. University of Notre Dame, IN
3. Villanova, PA
4. Fordham, NY (Jesuit)
5. St. Mary’s College, IN
6. Holy Cross, MA (Jesuit)
7. Loyola University, MD (Jesuit)
8. Misericordia University, PA
9. Sacred Heart University, CT
10. St. Peter’s University, NJ (Jesuit)
11. St. Joseph’s University, PA (Jesuit)
12. St. John’s University, NY
13. DePaul University, IL
14. Dominican University, IL
15. Loyola University, IL (Jesuit)
16. St. Catherine University, MN
17. University of St. Thomas, MN
18. Gonzaga University, WA (Jesuit)
19. Seattle University, WA (Jesuit)
20. Loyola Marymount University, CA (Jesuit)
21. St. Mary’s College of California
22. Santa Clara University, CA (Jesuit)
23. The College of St. Scholastica, MN​

Jesuit University of San Francisco was left off the list. Dr. Anthony Fauci, pardoned by the Biden autopen, spoke at the 166th Commencement (2025), about "pursuing truth".

There are a total of 28 Jesuit universities in the country, and all have the same groupthink, and the report doesn't even touch the high schools, which number 62.

In his first month in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders targeting governmental DEI programs as well as “radical indoctrination” in K-12 education. 
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Paul Runko, director of strategic initiatives for Defending Education, urged Catholic institutions with DEI programs to “reexamine these programs and take the lead in ending race discrimination once and for all”.
 
Runko, himself a Catholic, said that DEI goes against the Catholic faith. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion puts discriminatory race ideology over individual dignity, which runs contrary to both the Catholic faith and the law,” Runko said.

These Catholic universities receive federal funds in one way or another. That marked their downfall.

Linguistic Rubik's Cube belongs in a Jesuit's throat, or on his tongue in the place of the Eucharist.