Medical School Drops Scholarship Program Offered Only to Racial Minorities

A medical school is scrapping a scholarship program that was created exclusively for racial minorities after a watchdog organization filed a civil-rights complaint alleging discriminatory behavior.

Western Michigan University’s School of Medicine shuttered its “Underrepresented in Medicine Visiting Elective Scholarship Program” earlier this week after Do No Harm, a watchdog organization opposed to race preferences in medicine, filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Education in January 2023, National Review has learned.

“During the investigation, the Medical School notified OCR that it discontinued the program. The Medical School further confirmed that it removed promotional material regarding the program from its website,” the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights said Monday in a letter exclusively obtained by National Review.

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