Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.
The focus this time: You didn’t really think it’d just be gone like that.
First, a little mood music:
Carrying on…
It’s still DEI even if it’s called something else.
“Two newly released undercover videos show Arizona State University administrators admitting that diversity, equity, and inclusion practices are still embedded in the school despite a ban on the ideology.
“One video captured by investigative group Accuracy in Media shows enrollment coach Megan Neumann saying the school is still ‘actively’ incorporating DEI.
“‘We’re not straying away from it,’ she said. ‘We just have to be cautious.’
“In the second video, Allison Reynolds, the academic success advisor in the Psychology Department, said DEI is a ‘big part of … our goals.’
“She said DEI is also a part of the curriculum, the research labs, faculty committees, and a program called Psych4All.”
Medicine is about discriminating at Stanford Medicine.
“Stanford School of Medicine quietly removed diversity, equity, and inclusion language from its website after the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into alleged racial discrimination in its admissions process.
“But experts are questioning whether the changes represent a meaningful shift or merely superficial rebranding.
“The changes include new office names and updated personnel titles, though it is unclear whether the actual roles and responsibilities have shifted, the medical advocacy group Do No Harm reported.
“For example, the medical school changed Felipe Perez’s title from assistant dean for diversity in medical student education to assistant dean for community health and engagement.
“The former Office of Diversity in Medical Education had committed itself to ‘developing physician leaders who are committed to eliminating the nation’s health inequities.’ It has since been renamed the Office of Community Health and Engagement.
“The new office still features a ‘Leadership in Health Disparities Program’ aimed at helping students achieve ‘equitable health outcomes for all.’
“Despite these changes, the university’s Department of Graduate Medical Education, which sits under the same Stanford Medicine umbrella as the newly renamed OCHE, is set to hold its 9th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Forum.”
The Supreme Court said that racially discriminating in admissions is illegal. UCLA doesn’t care.
“A federal investigation has concluded that the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) had intentionally discriminated based on race in admissions, according to a new release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
“The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division announced on May 6 in a press release that, following an investigation, UCLA’s medical school violated Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by giving preferential treatment to black and Hispanic applicants.
“The DOJ specifically found that UCLA continued using race-conscious admissions practices even after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibited affirmative action in higher education admissions.
“According to the DOJ, UCLA’s internal documents, admissions training materials, and statistical admissions data revealed what officials described as an intentional effort to shape the racial makeup of incoming medical school classes.”
TTFN.
