In the face of public exposure of DEI programs that sought to “integrate social justice into the curriculum with anti-racist components,” the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has since backtracked a number of its public commitments to the ideology.
On February 23, 2023, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors banned mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements from admissions, hiring, promotion, and tenure processes. The board’s resolution asserts that the University of North Carolina “shall neither solicit nor require an employee or applicant for academic admission or employment to affirmatively ascribe to or opine about beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principals regarding matters of contemporary political debate or social action as a condition to admission, employment, or professional advancement.”
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