Medical schools across the country have resisted efforts to dismantle their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs despite President Donald Trump’s executive order to end them, Ian Kingsbury, director of the Center for Accountability in Medicine at Do No Harm, told Newsmax on Thursday.
Research by Do No Harm found that 28 of 154 U.S. medical schools failed a test comparing their commitment to academic merit against DEI initiatives.
Kingsbury said many institutions have ignored or evaded Trump’s directive. The order directed universities and medical schools receiving federal funding to end DEI offices and practices.
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