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Federal judge blocks Trump from cutting school funding over DEI<\/p>\n
A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked the Trump administration from cutting federal funding from public schools that continue to run diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
A liaison committee spokesperson said the committee made the decision after “thoughtful and careful consideration and discussion.” Its two sponsoring organizations, the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, did not answer questions from USA TODAY.<\/p>\n
The decision to target diversity is a setback in efforts to attract medical students of all backgrounds, said doctors who have worked to promote diversity.<\/p>\n
Dr. Virginia Caine, an Indiana University professor of medicine, said it’s important for doctors to connect and communicate with different cultures.<\/p>\n
“We’re just dumbfounded by this decision made by LCME,” said Caine, who serves as president of the National Medical Association, which represents Black physicians.<\/p>\n
Caine said studies have shown that Black patients experience better health outcomes and engage more effectively when treated by Black physicians.<\/p>\n
“We have such a rich and incredible history of talented Black physicians,” said Caine, the public health department director of Marion County, Indiana. “If we knock out the access before they even are entering medical schools or academic schools, we’re just going to be a nation that’s not as creative, not as innovative and not as successful.”<\/p>\n
Black, Hispanic doctors lag the overall population<\/p>\n
About 5.2% of the nation\u2019s doctors in 2022 identified as Black, according to a physician workforce report<\/a> by the Association of American Medical Colleges. That’s an improvement since 2019 when 2.6% of physicians identified as Black<\/a>. Still, the share of Black doctors still doesn’t match the 13.7% in the overall population<\/a>.<\/p>\n About 6.3% of physicians in 2022 identified as Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin, which also significantly trails the overall population.<\/p>\n More than a half dozen states have enacted laws placing restrictions on diversity efforts at state institutions such as colleges and universities. Florida, for example, prohibits<\/a> state institutions from giving preferential consideration for employment, admission, or promotion.<\/p>\n