Purdue University

Purdue has a Diversity Transformation Award (DTA) program, which is funded by the Office of the Provost and aims to enhance campus diversity by "increasing the enrollment and success of students from underrepresented minority populations, increasing the representation of underrepresented minorities within the faculty ranks, and leveraging the research talent on campus to create a nationally recognized center of activity in studying factors affecting inclusiveness and success of underrepresented minority (URM) students and faculty."

As part of its Strategic Plan, the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences states that it would "increase diversity" in the following way: "[i]ncrease recruitment of Purdue undergraduate URMs and first-generation students with undeclared majors and by encouraging transfers through improved visibility of EAPS at university culture centers and increasing the availability of URM undergraduate scholarships."

As part of its Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, the College of Liberal Arts states that it would "[i]ncrease the diversity of the University community to reflect our global and multicultural society through the recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations."

As part of its Undergraduate Admissions policy, Purdue states that it is "committed to attracting, enrolling and graduating a talented and broadly diverse undergraduate student body...."

The mission of the Minority Engineering Program at the College of Engineering is to "advance engineering learning, discovery, and engagement in fulfillment of the Land Grant promise through outreach, recruitment, and retention of historically underrepresented students in their pursuit to become extraordinary Purdue Engineers."

In February 2021, Purdue reversed a policy that mandated members of the Purdue Musical Organizations complete a series of DEI training sessions grounded in critical race theory. Students were asked to enroll in six antiracist training modules, which included modules on "White Privilege, White Supremacy, and White Fragility," and "White Saviorism and How To Be A Better Ally."

In June 2020, Purdue Student Government planned to host seminars on racial bias and anti-racism training for the summer and further the mission of the equity task force in the fall. The executive boards of every student organization were also invited to attend a leadership conference during the first week of school in August, where leaders were given "essential anti-racism, anti-bias and inclusion training by Crossroads Anti-racism Organizing & Training."

Purdue University hosted a series of virtual discussions around racial justice during the 20-21 academic year called “Pursuing Racial Justice Together,” which is intended to "present the campus community with multiple entrance paths to how they can help build a more equitable world". The main goal of the series was to move people from “not racist” to “anti-racist” in their everyday lives.

As part of its Strategic Plan, the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences states that it would "[o]ffer DEIA training regularly with encouraged participation for all department members, with rotating topics including bystander intervention training, holistic graduate application review, and unconscious bias."

As part of the 2023-2024 University Catalog, the College of Science has a Language and Culture Requirement and states that "students are expected to develop an understanding of at least one other culture in addition to their own through learning a language, taking culture and/or diversity courses, or participating in an approved Study Abroad experience."

Purdue outlines its bias and hate reporting procedures and states, "students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors who feel that they have been the victim of a bias-related incident (or who have witnessed a bias-related incident) are encouraged to report it online...."

The Purdue Libraries and School of Information Sciences provides Diversity, Inclusion, Racism and Anti-Racism resources for the community to learn. Books recommended include White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo and How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.

The Department of Mathematics hosts a weekly antiracist reading group.

The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging has various cultural and resource centers and diversity organizations underneath it, such as the Latino Cultural Center and Black Caucus of Faculty and Staff.

On September 20, 2023, Purdue held an event titled "Critical Conversation: The Supreme Court Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions: Implications for Practices, Policies [and] Programs."

The Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging has created a "Faculty and Staff Resource Toolkit" which outlines many of the DEI resources, programs, and partnerships at Purdue.

Purdue vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics Mike Bobinski joined with the Big Ten conference in announcing the Big Ten Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition, which is made up of student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, chancellors, presidents, and other members of the Big Ten family.

In March 2021, Purdue University paid Robin DiAngelo $7,000 for a two-hour virtual event where she led a conversation titled “Pursuing Racial Justice Together.” There were around 1,000 online attendees.

Purdue Library provides "Diversity, Inclusion, Racism and Anti-Racism Resources" and states, "The systemic racism we see in the recurring acts of violence perpetrated against people of color in our country has gone on for far too long, and this violence will only stop when people with privilege step up and commit to understanding and actively countering these actions."