University of Florida

In 2020 University President announced, Students, Faculty, and Staff were required to engage in anti-bias training.

The 2020-2021 school year was focused on themes surrounding issues of race, inequity, and the black experience. The University stated it will "reevaluate and revise" elements of the University of Florida Curriculum.

Previously, all students were required to take a "diversity" class to fulfill the General Education Curriculum.

The RESPECT team previously offered a form for students to report "bias incidents" but it has been changed to a reporting form for "hazing."

The Faculty Senate plans to "develop a formal process/flow chart outlining how faculty/staff can report experiences of bias, discrimination, and/or harassment" with "options for anonymous reporting."

The university hosted the "Racial Equity and Inclusion Workshop" and the "School of Architecture Diversity Workshop" as part of their "Design, Construction and Planning" processes.

"The University of Florida is committing nearly $1 million to faculty research projects focused on racial disparities in health care, diversity in professional programs, challenges in developing and teaching an inclusive curriculum, and strategies for creating a more inclusive campus environment."

"Researchers, staff, and students from the UF Center for Arts in Medicine launched an online repository to elevate arts-based responses to racism. "The searchable, open-access database allows anyone to explore or submit artwork, articles, projects, organizations, and individuals who are using arts practices to raise awareness, amplify marginalized voices, facilitate dialogue, or promote action and change related to anti-racism."

The university is setting aside nearly $1 million to faculty research projects pertaining to "racial disparities in health care, diversity in professional programs, challenges in developing and teaching an inclusive curriculum, and strategies for creating a more inclusive campus environment."

The Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations is "an academic research and resource center" and its mission "is met through the work of various groups engaged in a wide range of activities." Among other things, the center focuses on "producing, supporting, and highlighting race-related scholarship within and beyond the UF community."

The Police Department states it is "currently engaging in efforts and actions across the University and Gainesville community to improve our understanding of, response to, communication with, and training about the diverse cultures within our community." Current training includes annual "Bias-Based Profiling."

The university's Anthropology Department invited all minority students taking a particular course to a virtual townhall. Caucasian students taking the same course were not invited.

On March 11, 2023, the Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life published a report titled "Florida Universities: From Woke to Professionalism," which describes many of the diversity, equity, and inclusion programs taking place at UF. Regarding programs from 2020 to present, the report states the following: "DEI efforts on UF’s campus are accelerating. What was once optional has become mandatory. Previous commitments to faculty or student diversity are now accompanied by mandatory reporting to central committees. More diversity classes are added to the general education requirements."

On December 16, 2022, the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence of the University of Florida held a forum on “Legislating Anti-Racism in the EU and the US.”

In 2023, it was reported that the University of Florida “spent about $5.3 million, $3.4 million of which was state-funded” on DEI and CRT.

On March 1, 2024, ABC News reported that UF is "firing all employees in positions related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) according to a memo sent on Friday." The firings occurred in response to "the passage of a state law in 2023 targeting college funds spent on DEI."

To comply with Florida State Regulation 9.016 on Prohibited Expenditures UF closed "the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminated DEI positions and administrative appointments, and halted DEI-focused contracts with outside vendors."

A presidential task force will review the naming and possible removal of names from buildings and spaces on campus.

University of Florida received the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award, which “recognizes the efforts made by universities to expand on DEI work across their campuses.”

UF's president convened an African and Native American History Task Force which investigated the "History of Florida in Relation to Native Americans" and "African Americans." The report noted the State's tie to "White Supremacy" and "Anti-Black Violence."

The United Faculty of Florida at the University of Florida released a statement responding to the elimination of DEI. The faculty condemned the decision to close the university's DEI office and "the legislation that, in UF’s interpretation, necessitated it." The statement called upon "faculty, staff, and students to continue the vital work of making UF a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive institution, and to continue to redress this university’s harmful legacy of discrimination and inequality."