UNC med school continues to use DEI metrics despite systemwide ban

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine continues to use some diversity, equity and inclusion recommendations from a School of Medicine task force despite a resolution approved by the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors prohibiting such policies.

That’s according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which wrote a letter to the School of Medicine last week asking its leaders to follow the policy, approved in February.

“UNC is continuing to deviate from its binding commitments to academic freedom by maintaining review, promotion, and tenure standards at the UNC School of Medicine that require faculty to demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and to ‘integrate social justice’ into their teaching, research, and service,” the letter stated.