Creighton University

On June 29, 2023, Creighton's President issued a statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action which reads in part as follows: "Creighton University has and will continue to apply a holistic approach to our admissions processes; one that places value on the whole person, their experiences, and their place in our community. And, as our University navigates the immediate and longer-term impacts of today’s decision, our North Star remains providing a supportive environment for students, faculty, and staff across all backgrounds, lived experiences, and faiths...While there is much left to resolve, we remain committed to ensuring our student body and learning environment are representative of the community and world our graduates will serve."

Creighton’s Bias Education and Support Team serves toward supporting “a wholistic approach to bias-related incidents, including restorative practices for members of the Creighton community.”

The Creighton Library 2021-2024 Strategic Plan states that it would "[e]stablish a minimum requirement that all members of the team complete at least one training activity on diversity and inclusion annually."

The university’s Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is increasing diversity with numerous recruitment and retention measures including diversity scholarships.

On December 1, 2022, Creighton announced that it launched the Next Generation Leaders program, which “is dedicated to identifying and empowering students from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds and offers leadership opportunities in addition to a full, four-year scholarship.”

On June 28, 2022, Creighton announced the school’s participation in a pipeline state internship program for minority students.

Creighton’s Union Pacific Diversity Scholars Program is a partnership program with Union Pacific Railroad in order to offer a $25K scholarship. Starting Fall 2023, Creighton will merge this program with the Next Generation Leaders program.

The university has provided a series of anti-racism resources ranging from reading materials to educators' guides.

The university’s Presidential Lecture Series for 2022 will feature prominent authors to discuss racism in line “with the University’s commitment to becoming an anti-racist institution.”

The university is actively following Ibram X. Kendi’s principles on the anti-racism cause with numerous efforts to fight systemic racism including attending the Association of American Colleges and JUniversities (AACU) Institute on Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation to “develop action plans for addressing racial inequalities.”

The university library’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) guide offers “books and other curated resources for learning, understanding, and developing a posture of cultural humility” with sub topics ranging from Anti-racist Resources and Ibram X. Kendi’s books, Black Lives Matter, Whiteness/White Privilege, and Critical Whiteness Studies.

Creighton’s Division of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is home to the “Threads of Equality” – or “Conversations on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” – podcast.

Creighton hosts numerous Diversity and Inclusion events, including an event on June 7, 2023, for “Mentoring With Inclusion.”

Creighton is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and inclusive excellence as core values.

Creighton has an employee resource group known as CANDLES, which “aims to support staff and faculty of multiple socio-cultural identities through an inclusive employee resource” and is “centered in building a stronger community and includes networking, educational and volunteer opportunities.”

The Creighton Library 2021-2024 Strategic Plan states that in order to "offer more diversity of thought, our collection development policy will be revised to bring perspectives of underrepresented authors and researchers into the collection."

The president of the university announced the creation of an "Inclusive Excellence Council".

University leadership released a list of "Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation" goals which included a goal to examine "everyday practices (systemic and individual, historical and ongoing) that reproduce and resist racism at Creighton and in the local community" and another goal to "promote University-wide trainings, dialogues and educational opportunities that seek truth, racial healing and transformation."

The Creighton University at Highlander team released an Anti-Racism and Diversity Statement that stated, “The Creighton University at Highlander team stands in unapologetic solidarity with the Black community and affirms the value of Black lives. We stand in solidarity with those who are working to create a more equitable community and nation.”

Creighton’s Intercultural Center serves to “engage the community in our work for inclusion and appreciation of diversity.”

On December 22, 2021, Creighton announced the hiring of Sarah Walker, PhD, “as vice president of the Division of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at Creighton.”

Creighton’s Honors Diversity and Inclusion Committee “promotes a welcoming space for incoming and current Honors students by recognizing their different lived experiences.”