Temple Shows DEI’s Ongoing Hold on Medical Schools | The American Spectator

Temple University’s medical school sent an email this month to faculty and staff announcing that its DEI office, the Office of Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, will become the more vaguely named “Office of Strategic Partnership in Healthcare Education and Resources,” or “SPHERE.”
The medical school made clear that this is just a rebrand for an office that will continue its equity-focused mission.
Here’s the issue: The medical school made clear that this is just a rebrand for an office that will continue its equity-focused mission.
“[T]he team’s core work” will not change, the medical school said in the email, which was obtained by the Center Square. “The education and training, community partnerships, student and trainee support, faculty development, and data-informed equity initiatives … [will] continue without interruption.” (RELATED: The Spectator P.M. Ep. 141: Illinois Medical School Caught Using Affirmative Action)
Temple, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, added that neither “people” nor “partnerships” would be changing, and that “the same colleagues … will keep supporting you and your programs.”
In fact, the email said that the new name actually reflected an “expanded” commitment to “advancing equity.” The office’s new name, the medical school said, “underscores our shared belief that equity is not a single office or initiative; it’s the environment we create together.” (RELATED: What on Earth Is Going on at the University of Wisconsin’s Medical School?)
Temple University’s medical school represents just one example of how medical schools are continuing full-steam ahead with the DEI agenda, even as they make subtle tweaks to render their efforts less obvious.
These schools are on alert because of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard that affirmative action is illegal racial discrimination and because of President Donald Trump’s executive order that prohibits private universities that receive federal fundi…