National Medical School Accreditor Drops Remaining DEI Requirements

National Medical School Accreditor Scrapping DEI Requirements

The nation’s largest medical school accreditor is phasing out its guidance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the organization said on March 25. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), in an update to its website this month, published standards for the 2027–2028 academic year that, unlike those for the coming academic year, do not reference “diversity, bias, or inequities.” The committee confirmed the change in an email to The…

National medical school accreditor drops remaining DEI requirements

(The Center Square) – The largest and only national accrediting body for medical schools has dropped its remaining diversity, equity and inclusion language from its accreditation standards.

Top Medical School Accreditor Quietly Scrubs All DEI Requirements

The nation’s top medical school accreditor has removed all diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements from its standards, the Wall Street Journal first reported Tuesday, marking a significant retreat from years of ideology-driven credentialing policy. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) uploaded its updated 2027-2028 accreditation standards to its website without issuing any public announcement. The LCME accredits all M.D.-grant…

Medical Gatekeeper Faces Reckoning After Years Of ‘Woke’ Push

The nation’s top medical school accreditor has updated its standards, removing language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements without issuing a formal public announcement. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), which accredits medical schools across the United States, recently uploaded its updated 2027–2028 standards to its website. The changes were first flagged by the Wall Street Journal. Among the most not…