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Has Medical Education Gone Woke?

It is generally appreciated that DEI and CRT have infiltrated the profession of medicine and have become thoroughly entrenched in its education system. A recent byproduct of this corrosive culture has been the censure and attempted cancellation of one of the pillars of 20th-century dermatology, Dr. Howard Maibach.

Some U.S. Medical Schools May Still Be Promoting DEI Efforts

The University of Iowa announced in March 2025 that it was shuttering its Division of Access, Opportunity, and Diversity. However, according to a 2025 email from a UI employee suggesting that the university’s Carver College of Medicine’s DEI office was “still fully up and running” under a different name despite the other diversity division closing

Virginia School District Injects DEI into AI Tools

According to documents obtained by Defending Education, Albemarle County Public Schools, a far-left school district surrounding Charlottesville, has built its GenAI policy based around its “anti-racism” policy, which is inherently discriminatory against white students in favor of other races.

Our Radical Universities Are Turning Out an Army of Educated Assassins

Cole Allen is a graduate of the prestigious California Institute of Technology. In the most recent City Journal college rankings, CalTech took the top spot for “value added to career,” but languished at a dismal 95th place for “student ideological diversity.” The rankings noted the school’s “disproportionately large” DEI bureaucracy.

DEI Is Alive and Well at the University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM) announced in 2025 that it would shut down various offices and programs in response to the Trump administration’s crusade against DEI, but new research shows that a majority of its DEI staff remain employed, while the school’s DEI initiatives have simply been rebranded.

A Welcome Setback for Medical DEI

Some of the worst excesses of racial identity politics have been in U.S. medical schools, but maybe that is starting to change. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, which accredits M.D.-granting institutions, has quietly removed diversity, equity and inclusion protocols from its official guidance.