July 16, 2026•1 min read•from Inside Higher Ed

House Hearing Puts Med Schools in DEI Hot Seat

Dr. Enrico Benedetti, Interim G. Stephen Irwin Executive Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Dr. Steve Dubinett, Dean of the University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Dr. Sam Hawgood, Chancellor of the University of California San Francisco and Dr. Roger A. Mitchell, Jr., President of the National Medical Association, testify during a hearing at the Committee on Education and Workforce on "Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools."

kathryn.palmer… Wed, 07/15/2026 - 03:00 AM

Republicans grilled administrators from medical schools at UCLA, UC San Francisco and the University of Illinois over their admissions policies and curricula. Democrats dismissed the hearing as political theater.

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