IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 608 
Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in higher 
education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2023 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. CROCK-
ETT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. ESCOBAR, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. WILLIAMS 
of Georgia, Mr. EVANS, Ms. BROWN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, Mrs. MCCLELLAN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CARTER of Lou-
isiana, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. FROST, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. JACOBS, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. STRICKLAND, Ms. KUSTER, Ms. STEVENS, 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Mrs. BEATTY, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. PORTER, Ms. 
PLASKETT, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. FOUSHEE, 
Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CASE, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Mr. CASAR) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion 
efforts in higher education. 
Whereas one of the primary goals of diversity, equity, and in-
clusion efforts in higher education is to create a learning 
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environment where all students, faculty, and staff succeed 
and thrive; 
Whereas, while students of color receive the greatest benefits 
of having educators that look like them, diversity benefits 
everyone; 
Whereas, when students experience a sense of belonging on 
campus, their academic, health, and engagement out-
comes improve; 
Whereas having different and divergent perspectives can cre-
ate positive learning outcomes; 
Whereas academic freedom is a cornerstone of a college or 
university’s mission, allowing faculty, staff, and students 
to pursue their curiosity and interests, free from political 
interference or intrusion, and advance the public good; 
Whereas diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts strengthen an 
institution’s ability to recruit, hire, develop, promote, and 
retain the Nation’s talent and remove barriers to equal 
opportunity; 
Whereas providing full opportunity to the Nation’s talent is 
vital to the health of the Nation’s economy and crucial 
to addressing the ongoing critical needs in the Nation’s 
businesses, hospitals, classrooms, and other economic and 
social endeavors; 
Whereas historically disenfranchised groups have faced bar-
riers in participating in the classroom setting as stu-
dents, faculty, and staff; 
Whereas a growing body of evidence demonstrates that di-
verse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces yield 
higher performing institutions of higher education; 
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