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.
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. 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.
"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."
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