Medical schools accused of rebranding DEI programs to evade Trump administration scrutiny

What happened: A CriticalRace.org report says six U.S. medical schools renamed their DEI departments while keeping programming largely unchanged, as the Trump administration increases scrutiny of DEI in higher education and medicine. Key numbers: The report examined six medical schools. Trump began his second term in 2025. Why it matters: Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson told Fox News Digital the rebranding is "not really meaningful" because programming has not changed, and said "Medical schools are the worst when it comes to DEI.

A CriticalRace.org report says six U.S. medical schools renamed their DEI departments while keeping programming largely unchanged, as the Trump administration increases scrutiny of DEI in higher education and medicine.

Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson told Fox News Digital the rebranding is "not really meaningful" because programming has not changed, and said "Medical schools are the worst when it comes to DEI.