Is AI the only source you use? Have you systematically studi

studied American history in details before? If you don't have the overal picture on how our law and orders have been evolved, probally the best way for you is to take some lessons.  Just looking up AI can only give you fragments and spots of the history or concepts. Please take my advise seriously. 

DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) did not start recently. The concept and institutional implementation of DEI in U.S. higher education, including Ivy League school, predates Obama/Biden adminstrations, although it has gained more visibility and formalization in recent years.  Let me spell out the timeline:

 

1960s–1970s: Civil Rights Movement & Affirmative Action
The roots of DEI trace back to the civil rights era, when universities began creating affirmative action policies to increase representation of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.  Ivy League schools began recruiting more diverse student bodies and hiring more diverse faculty in the wake of social and legal pressure (e.g., Title VI of the Civil Rights Act).

1980s–1990s: Multicultural Affairs & Diversity Offices
Most Ivy League institutions began establishing offices of multicultural affairs or diversity programs during this period. These early programs aimed to improve racial and gender representation, and later expanded to include LGBTQ+ support, disability services, and broader cultural inclusion.

2000s–2010s: Institutional DEI Expansion
The term "DEI" gained popularity and became more formally institutionalized. Offices of Diversity and Inclusion were established across Ivy League universities, often led by chief diversity officers. Programs expanded to include equity training, curriculum reform, inclusive hiring, and bias response systems.

The Biden administration explicitly embraced DEI language and values, especially in federal agencies, government hiring, education funding, and policy frameworks.  He signed Executive Order 13985 on his first day in office (Jan 20, 2021), mandating that all federal agencies pursue equity in their operations.  This boosted national visibility and accelerated existing DEI efforts, but it did not originate them.

Do you know when the Ivy Leagure universities started to have diversity offices and policies? I know Office of Minority Education (OME) in MIT has been active since the 1970s. Office of Muticultural Programs has provided resources and support for students from diverse backgrounds. The institute estabilished the Institute Community and Equity Office(ICEO) in 2013.  I think that Harvard had a Diversity and Inclusion Office since at least the early 2000s. Yale created its Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the mid-2000s and has run cultural centers since the 1980s. Columbia, Princeton, and Conell all had established DEI roles.

DEI did not start with Obama/Biden, it's rooted in civil rights-era reforms and has evolved over 50+ years. Ivy League schools have had structured DEI initiatives long before 2021, even if the language and intensity of implementation have increased under the Biden administration.