New Mexico State University

One of the "2025 Key Metrics" of NMSU's 2023 Strategic Plan is to create a "Strategic plan for [the] recruitment and retention of Native and Hispanic/Latinx students."

The College of Arts and Sciences at NMSU “hosted a series of training workshops for our faculty and staff on various issues relating to diversity.”

NMSU's 2023 Strategic Plan states that it would "[i]ncrease opportunities for faculty to learn how to develop culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogical practices" and "[c]reate [a] database to track EID professional development, systemwide."

NMSU's 2023 Strategic Plan states that it would "[e]nhance search committee training to include: implicit bias training...."

On May 23, 2024, NMSU News reported that the Department of Borderlands and Ethnic Studies "received $170,000 in congressional funding to continue a research program dedicated to creating more culturally inclusive social studies curricula for K-12 students." The funding will allow researchers within the department to meet newly revised social studies standards "adopted by the New Mexico Public Education Department in 2022 [which] include a focus on ethnic, cultural and identity studies."

NMSU invites website visitors to donate to the Black Programs Scholarship and Endowment and states, "We invite our friends, partners, and alumni to join us in building on excellence so that we can provide an outstanding educational experience for our students as we provide them with academic support towards that distinction."

University, as part of its Research and Creativity Week, will host Christine Sleeter, whose work focuses on multicultural education and anti-racism.

On January 28, 2022, the University Chancellor participated in a town hall meeting sponsored by NMSU Black Student Association and NMSU Black Programs to discuss the Black Education Act and “strategies for sustainable equity” to fill in the gaps in services to Black students.

NMSU provides a database of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources on Racial Equity, Anti-Racist Literature, Black Lives Matter, Race-Based Trauma, and Racial Healing.

NMSU has a federal designation to be classified as a minority-serving institution (MSI) of higher education that serves minority populations.

The Office for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity at NMSU is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive community focused on racial justice.

The NMSU Diversity Council is an advisory body to the Chancellor of NMSU that examines issues and policies relating to diversity, inclusion and racial equity across the campus.

The Office of Institutional Equity at NMSU is committed to providing an inclusive and racially equitable campus community through reporting, accommodations, and trainings.

The College of Arts and Sciences at NMSU provides a register of all the Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives that have been taken by the different departments at the university.

NMSU dedicates resources to instruct its faculty and staff on creating a Statement of contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The ACES Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity (EID) Initiative at NMSU is focused on strategic activities to “promote equity, inclusion, and diversity throughout the college’s academic departments.”

On February 22, 2023, the university hosted a workshop on Sharpening our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens.

Dr. Jeanette Haynes Writer is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction within the College of Education whose areas of specialization include: "Tribal Critical Race Theory; critical multicultural education; social justice education; Indigenous education; Native American identity and teacher education."

Following the George Floyd verdict, the university issued a statement on Diversity and Inclusion highlighting college and departmental initiatives toward anti-racism.

NMSU received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award by Insight into Diversity magazine.