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