University of Miami

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated it would "continue to put strategies in place to meet 100% of demonstrated financial need at admission by 2025, including a renewed commitment to scholarship programs for Black students."

Citizenship status is not considered for admissions and undocumented students are eligible for financial aid through the University.

Implicit Bias and Microaggression training modules will be required for students and staff.

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, Senior Associate Athletic Director for Administration Renae Myles Payne "has been named chief diversity officer for the Department of Athletics." Payne would be "responsible for implementing a diversity and inclusion plan for our student-athletes, administrators, and coaches" which would begin with a "nine-week educational process focused on race relations, and will also include implicit bias testing and training, a review of hiring practices and policies, and customized sessions on specific topics, partnering with University offices and organizations."

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated it would "launch comprehensive training on implicit racial bias, microaggressions, and how to engage in the necessary yet difficult conversations around structural racism, abuse of power, and societal healing for students, faculty, and staff." The trainings are annual and would also include "diversity and inclusion evaluations of University and classroom practices."

The Office of Multicultural Affairs offers a variety of training programs that create "environments where students, staff, and faculty can reach a deeper level of understanding around issues of equity and inclusion."

The Department of Faculty Development hosts workshops on "inclusive teaching."

Human Resources offers a variety of Diversity Training and Programs, including "Managing Bias," "Diversity: Inclusion in the Modern Workplace," and "Creating a More Inclusive Environment: Understanding Our Unconscious Bias."

The University of Miami Office of Faculty Affairs partnered with the Racial Equity Institute (REI) to host "The Groundwater Approach for Faculty" where organizers used "stories and data to present a perspective that racism is fundamentally structural in nature."  The event was "designed to help practitioners at all levels internalize the reality that we live in a racially structured society, and that that is what causes racial inequity."

The racial justice report authors recommended that, "The Miller School should adopt core competencies related to anti-racism. These should be vertically and horizontally integrated across each phase of the NextGenMD curriculum."

UM's 2022-2023 Academic Bulletin states that students majoring in Community and Applied Psychological Studies (CAPS) "must complete a Diversity requirement that is fulfilled by taking one of the following courses:  EPS 411, EPS 412, or EPS 430."

The Political Science major includes a class titled "Hot Topics in the Criminal Justice System" which discusses "implicit bias, racial and gender justice, children and the law, mass incarceration, the death penalty and privilege."

The School of Architecture released a statement and resources on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion including information on how to report instances of "discriminatory acts or hateful language."

The Rosenstiel School stated, "We support the protests against persistent police brutality, inequality, racism and social injustice spurred by recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery that build on a long legacy of other senseless murders."

Increased research funding for scholars studying racism through U-LNK Award

University opened applications for the "Racial Justice Grant Program" to "implement tangible initiatives to challenge anti-Black racism and empower Black communities on and off campus

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated that the "Provost’s Office has announced plans to fund up to 10 teams of faculty representing at least two distinct disciplines through a special U-LINK award aimed at catalyzing interdisciplinary collaboration to advance understanding of individual, institutional, and structural racism..."

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated that the University "earned a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish a Center for Global Black Studies." The aim of the Center would be to "assist in the holistic coordination of multiple initiatives addressing structural racism and structural inequalities, both internally and externally." Additionally, the Office is "committed to fully funding the Students of Color Symposium each January."

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated that it would "expand the existing One Book, One U program and commit to using it as a platform for exploring issues of racial justice and equity." The expansion includes "campus-wide activities such as the selection and common reading of a book related to the topic, as well as sets of lectures, events, and roundtables to facilitate discussion of the book."

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated that it would "launch an internal grant program to support interdisciplinary teams of faculty, staff, and students to implement tangible initiatives to fight racism."

UM's Office of Civic and Community Engagement, Multicultural Student Affairs, and Butler Center for Service and Leadership are "proud to announce the 2023-2024 cycle of racial justice grants to support service, research, and/or programmatic activities that center on race, racial justice, and racial equity with a focus on Black communities on campus and/or in South Florida."

The "U Dreamers Program" is available to "academically talented and admissible" undocumented and DACA students. The program aims to provide "100 percent of demonstrated financial need for admitted students," which may include "tuition and mandatory fees, on-campus housing, a meal plan, and University health insurance."  

As part of the Office of the President's Key Initiatives for racial justice at UM, the Office stated, "While we already require all certified UMPD [University of Miami Police Department] officers to complete discriminatory profiling training, the University will convene a conversation with both the University and Coral Gables police departments to share best practices.." The aim of the conversation, which would include student representation, would be to "agree upon de-escalation policies, community action steps, diversity, and sensitivity training."

The university launched its "Climate and Racial Justice" talks to "inspire a new generation of antiracism and climate justice scholars and advocates."

On February 28, 2022, the university opened the Center for Global Black Studies to “serve as a unifying platform to assist in the coordination of initiatives that address structural racism and inequalities throughout society.”

UM's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Certificate Program is designed for students and faculty to "become immersed in the University’s commitment to diversity and participate in programs that support a culture of belonging..."

On July 2, 2020, UM's President announced the "appointment of Dr. Donald Spivey, Distinguished Professor of History, as Special Advisor to the President on Racial Justice."

On July 1, 2020, UM's Office of the President outlined "steps the University of Miami will take in pursuit of racial justice on campus and beyond."

The University of Miami Library provides an Inclusive Teaching Resource Guide to support instructors develop and revise "courses with attention to inclusion and diversity.

The University Library has a "Faculty Hiring Guidelines Task Force" which makes "recommendations for modifying the Libraries’ faculty hiring guidelines to remove privilege-based biases."

The School of Education and Human Development has a "Social Justice Series."

The University Library has a Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Council that "assists the Dean and Administrative Leadership Team on policies, programs, activities, and resources that promote the understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility."

On May 3, 2021, the University announced several name changes to university buildings including “the naming of the new Student Services Center after ‘a distinguished Black alumnus/a,’” and the removal of Henry Fillmore’s name from the music rehearsal hall and the founder of the University, George E. Merrick’s name since they serve as a reminder of segregation.

UM's Office of the President published a document titled "Historic Review Committee on Naming at the University of Miami" which states that the University would "consider renaming features of the University, such as buildings and streets, when there is strong evidence that retaining the name is inconsistent with the University’s mission and values."

The University of Miami has a "Land Acknowledgement" which states it acknowledges "the ancestral and traditional territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida who are the original owners and custodians of the land upon which we stand and learn."

The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering has a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Statement, which states "The department values the benefits of diversity in our society and aligned with our mission, we stand committed to enhance the diversity of our Department at all levels and to work with all members of our community to promote a culture of equity, inclusivity, compassion and mutual respect."

The Counseling Center states it is "committed to providing leadership in areas of diversity that include but are not limited to LGBT populations, international student populations, first-generation college students, and cultural/ethnic minority student populations."

Beginning in 2021, the athletic department's Diversity and Inclusion unit launched the "University of Miami Athletics Trailblazer Award...to honor and recognize current and former student-athletes of color and others affiliated with athletics who have distinguished themselves as pioneers and game changers in sports and life."