27 May DEI dropped: Medical schools won’t be graded on diversity amid federal, state crackdown
Citing state crackdowns on diversity, equity and inclusion, the organization that accredits medical schools has dropped diversity as a measure of the quality of medical education.
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education on May 19 voted to eliminate diversity programs and partnerships as criteria when it grades the performance of medical schools that confer “MD” degrees to students.
The liaison committee said it acted because new and proposed state laws targeting diversity, equity and inclusion conflict with the accrediting body’s standards. Eliminating diversity standards would create “a single set of accreditation expectations with which all schools, regardless of their location and current legislative environment, must comply,” the liaison committee said in a statement.
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