University of Delaware

The Bachelors of English (BA) four-year plan, through UD's Department of English, includes a "Cultural Diversity Requirement" for second year students.

General Education at UD has a "Multicultural Course Requirement" whose purpose is to "provide students with some awareness of and sensitivity to cultural pluralism, an increasing necessity for educated persons in a diverse world."

As part of its Anti-Racism initiative, the university will join "a consortium of universities studying the history of slavery as it relates to their own institutions."

The University of Delaware's Anti-Racism Initiative (UDARI) has created a grant program that has funded projects in the visual arts and projects related to Anti-Racist curricula in K-12 schools.

UD's Center for Excellence and Equity in Teacher Preparation (CEETP) "strives to be leaders in preparing professionals who develop the competencies, dispositions, leadership skills, and advocacy skills to become effective educators who are committed to improving the lives of individuals in a global society."

The Social Justice Peer Educators (SJPEs) program (through UD's Division of Student Life) is a "peer-to-peer social justice program and is a paid leadership opportunity for students" which  includes "the training of student leaders who are passionate about social justice to facilitate peer-led workshops on identity, social justice, and creating inclusive and just environments on campus."

University will provide multiple speaker series events for students, such as “Racial Justice Through Collaborative Programs and Projects” and the “Speaks-Warnock Symposium on the History of Race and Racism at the University”.

In 2022, the University of Delaware plans to hold numerous events discussing anti-racism, offered by the UD Anti-Racism Initiative.

On September 30, 2021, UD's Department of Human Development and Family Sciences hosted an event titled "Demystifying Critical Race Theory: Reflections from within the field of Social Sciences," which is described as follows: "As interest in CRT continues to burgeon, misconceptions regarding its intended purpose also has followed suit. This Talk sheds light on what CRT is, and is not, as well as provides a lens from which social science researchers may be able to better examine, understand, articulate, and appropriately contextualize research that involves race."

On November 2, 2022, UD held a virtual lecture titled "On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care," which featured Dr. Victor Ray, Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies at the University of Iowa.

On April 14, 2023, UD Department of Philosophy sponsored an event titled "Can State Legislatures Ban Critical Race Theory?" which is described as follows: "State legislatures in Florida and elsewhere are imposing new limitations on how race is taught in public schools and state universities. Are there constitutional limits on how that is done, and what are the implications for the future of academic freedom?"

On December 7, 2022, UD hosted an event titled "Hot Takes Over Hot Plates: Beyond the Buzzwords - What is Critical Race Theory and How Does it Impact College Campuses."

Dr. Ann M. Aviles is an Associate Professor at UD's College of Education and Human Development whose research "engagements" include Critical Race Theory, Education equity and critical/justice-based teacher preparation among other topics.

Regarding diversity and inclusive teaching, UD's Center for Teaching and Assessment of Learning state the following: "Difference is an essential part of our history and current reality. Dealing with human diversity and differential status is intractable in America due to our national history of racism and tensions between individual freedom and the common good."

The University set up an anti-racist steering committee with numerous subcommittees which cover various topics such as “Racial Justice Healing Circles”, “Decolonizing/Indigenizing and Deconstructing (de-policing?) Syllabi”, and “Global History of Racism”.

In February of 2022, the university's ADVANCE Institute, Faculty Senate, AAUP-UD, and Anti-Racism Initiative held a panel for the Collaborative on Academic Careers in higher Education Faculty Satisfaction Survey, making the recommendation to create a working group dedicated to DEI.