San Diego State University

SDSU's Center for Inclusive Excellence offers an Implicit Bias Training course which "introduces" such concepts as microaggressions and equity-mindedness to "faculty and staff to support more informed conversations about inequities and social justice issues across the campus."

SDSU's Center for Inclusive Excellence offers student "engagement" opportunities which include: "Student facing foundational inclusion trainings such as Implicit Bias & Microaggression Awareness that echo CIE and Professor of Equity curriculum and creates a shared campus understanding of inclusivity," and "A year long foundational social justice certification program called: Identity & Allyship Awareness Certificate."

All RAs and Community Assistants are required to take Social Justice, Diversity & Inclusion training sessions every semester.

Adding social justice, racial justice, and anti-racism to the curricula of university departments.

The Department of Counseling & School Psychology will, "Educate and train students using decolonial pedagogies" and "Educate and prepare students to adopt culturally responsive clinical ideologies and practices (e.g., promoting non-pathologizing frameworks and interventions ) in therapy."

SDSU's College of Education, in describing its bachelor's in liberal studies program, states "We endeavor to be mindful to design curriculum and teaching practices that include all students regardless of their race, ethnicity, culture, social class, sexual orientations, gender identity and expression, body identity, religion, linguistic identity, or linguistic abilities" and "We also challenge ourselves and encourage our students to challenge their explicit and implicit biases so that they can create learning environments for all students to achieve."

The School of Communication conducted a review of its curriculum for the Communication Major and the Health Major in order for “issues of anti-racism and social justice” to be woven “into every course in both sets of curricula.”

The university's Division of Student Affairs and Diversity launched its "Inclusive SDSU Communication System" to "document instances that promote our campus commitment, as well as those that fall short. The Division of Diversity and Innovation will use these submissions to identify patterns, to recognize and celebrate extraordinary acts of inclusion, and to develop strategies for community improvement where needed."

The SDSU College of Education 2021-2025 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan states that it would "Require all faculty serving in search committees as well as MPPs to complete training on implicit bias and microaggressions" and that "Chairs will provide evidence of staff and faculty participation in implicit bias and micro-aggression training."

Re-directs students to resources offered by the political group, Black Lives Matter.

The university has a "Center for Achieving Black Wellness and Anti-Racist Education."

SDSU outlines several of its "undergraduate research diversity programs" that "aim to help underrepresented groups succeed in research careers."

The Department of Counseling & School Psychology offered a guide called "Addressing Anti-racism in MFT: Resources" that includes Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be an Antiracist."

San Diego State University’s Library has a resource page dedicated to anti-racism films. These films “explore systemic racism and oppression against Black people in the United States… [with the hopes of raising] awareness about racism and inequality in America and cultivating empathy for the trauma felt in communities of color.”

San Diego State University’s Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity has created a webpage that outlines “allyship for the African American Community.” On this page, it gives readers several points on how to “strengthen your allyship and demonstrate your commitment to support Black students, colleagues and community.”

San Diego State University Library has outlined research materials for teacher education and liberal studies that included a section dedicated to diversity and inclusion in children’s and young adult books.

On September 20, 2021, KPBS published an article titled "Myths And Misunderstandings Fuel Controversy Over Critical Race Theory" which discusses the debate on whether or not CRT is being taught in K-12 schools. The article states, "The furor is being fed by social conservatives and right-leaning media who say it is replacing the 'traditional teaching' of history and social studies in K-12 schools." (KPBS is a PBS member television station in San Diego and owned by San Diego State University)

On June 16, 2021, SDSU's Academy for Professional Excellence published an article titled "Marching Forward: Coming Together to Integrate a Critical Theory of Workforce Development Using CRT" which states the following: "In its simplest form, acknowledging race as a social construct means you understand that race is not a biological, scientifically proven concept. It’s a social idea that was made up to categorize people in ways that were, and still are, beneficial to those in power (those being- you guessed it… white people)."

SDSU's 2020-2021 General Education Requirements included a "Cultural Diversity Requirement." Cultural Diversity courses "examine the complexity of diversity through an analysis of differential inequities, oppression, power, and privilege."

The SDSU College of Education 2021-2025 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan states that it would "Require a diversity statement from each applicant."

The SDSU College of Education 2021-2025 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan states that it would "Consider student implicit bias in course evaluations when evaluating URM faculty for tenure and promotion."

The SDSU College of Education 2021-2025 Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan states the following: "Although not included as goals in this Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, social and university and college-level exigencies demand that departments (a) revise curriculum to intentionally integrate topics relevant to systemic racism and anti-Blackness, and (b) conduct analysis of disproportionality in student representation, student perception of climate, and student success. These needs provide the motivation for the formulation of relevant goals at department-levels."

The College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts offers resources and programs regarding DEI.

The school is home to affinity groups based on separate groupings.

The Office of Housing Administration and Residential Education Office have a Joint Diversity Statement.

SDSU's Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies issued the following statement on its support of the Black Lives Matter movement: "In light of the recent legal ruling which attempts to justify the unjust killing of Breonna Taylor and the reports of human rights abuses against women at a Georgia ICE detention center, the faculty and staff of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies reaffirm our support of the Black Lives Matter movement and its efforts to end the systemic racism that has characterized our nation since its origins."

San Diego State University formed a strategic plan titled “We Rise We Defy: Transcending Borders, Transforming Lives.” This plan is from 2020 through 2025.

On October 11, 2023, it was announced that SDSU was named a “Diversity Champion” again while also being given the HEED award for the 10th year in a row.