DOE probing Loyola Chicago after medical school accused of racial limits on applicants
Luke Gentile
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The Department of Education announced it is investigating Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine following accusations that the school places racial limits on its internship program and requires applicants to submit images of themselves.
The school’s Department of Surgery is accused of violating federal civil rights laws through its implementation of eligibility requirements designed to limit prospective students to people of color, according to a complaint filed by Do Not Harm, a group of physicians dedicated to protecting “healthcare from a radical, divisive, and discriminatory ideology.”
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“This eligibility requirement is described as ‘African American/Black, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander,'” the complaint, first filed in August, read.
“In violation of Title VI, medical students who are not members of one of the designated racial/ethnic groups above in bold are illegally excluded from the University’s ‘Diversity in Surgery Visiting Sub-Internship Program’ and illegally discriminated against on the basis of their race, color, and national origin.”
The program “is intended to encourage medical students from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in medicine to consider pursuing a career in academic surgery,” according to a description posted on the school’s website.
The Department of Education has confirmed that it is taking steps to investigate the complaint, according to a report.
Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and Do No Harm senior fellow Mark Perry argued that the type of race-based discrimination allegedly employed by the Stritch School of Medicine occurs around the country.
“Medical schools like Loyola’s can prioritize either academic merit or diversity in their medical education programs, but not both,” Perry said.
“By emphasizing racial diversity over merit and academic ability with the discriminatory Diversity in Surgery Visiting Sub-Internship Program, the Loyola Medical School is compromising its academic responsibilities and pursuing a political and ideologically driven diversity agenda over medical education based on merit and academic excellence.”
Deciding who is to be admitted based on their race will result in a decline in the “quality of medical providers,” he said.
“There’s the legal issue and then also the quality of medical care will have to decline because of all this focus on ideology and Critical Race Theory and all of that diversion from just learning how to be a good doctor,” according to Perry.
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The Washington Examiner reached out to Loyola University Chicago but did not receive a response.