Press Release

Do No Harm Supports the ACE Act Introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens

  • By Do No Harm Staff
  • April 9, 2025

RICHMOND, VA; April 9, 2025 – Today, Do No Harm issued a statement of support for the Accreditation for College Excellence (ACE) Act introduced by U.S. Representative Burgess Owens (R-Utah). The ACE Act prohibits accreditors from mandating colleges adhere to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards as a condition of accreditation.

“The Accreditation for College Excellence Act would ensure medical schools focus on arming our future doctors with the knowledge and skills to provide the best medical care,” said Stanley Goldfarb, M.D., Chairman of Do No Harm. “We commend Congressman Owens and his colleagues for exposing political activists posing as accreditors mandating discriminatory DEI policies that corrupt the true purpose of medical education. It is plain common sense to prioritize academic excellence and freedom in higher education so that American students are trained without bias or discrimination.”

“For too long, activist accreditors have weaponized the accreditation process to push far-left ideology, pressuring colleges to submit to ideological tests that have nothing to do with education,” said Representative Burgess Owens. “The result: DEI mandates, CRT programs, and a culture that divides students by race instead of uniting them through merit. The ACE Act puts an end to this nonsense and ensures that institutions of higher education focus on academic standards—not politics.”

The ACE Act:

  • Requires accreditors to confirm their standards do not require, encourage, or coerce an institution to support or oppose specific partisan or political beliefs, viewpoints on social or political issues, or support the disparate treatment of any individual or group;
  • Prohibits accreditors from assessing an institution’s commitment to any ideology, belief, or viewpoint for the purposes of receiving accreditation;
  • Protects a college’s religious mission and ability to require adherence to religious practices or codes of conduct;
  • Ensures that an accreditor cannot require, encourage, or coerce an institution to violate any right protected by the Constitution; and
  • Limits accreditors from adopting any additional standards for accreditation.

Do No Harm, established in April 2022, has rapidly gained recognition and made significant strides in its mission to safeguard healthcare from ideological threats. With 16,000 members, including doctors, nurses, physicians, and concerned citizens across all 50 states and 14 countries, DNH has achieved over 10,000 media hits in top-tier publications and garnered widespread attention through numerous broadcast news appearances.