Fight DEI in Higher Ed with Grades

To contest a worldview whose ultimate goal is to destroy merit, schools should double down on objective measurements of student success.

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Students walk between classes on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa., in 2017.

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Reports of DEI’s decline are greatly exaggerated.

That’s the sad truth as college and graduate students head to campus for the 2024–25 school year. While a growing number of states are removing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from the classroom and campus experience, most schools still admit students for ideological and racial — not academic — reasons.

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Stanley Goldfarb

Stanley Goldfarb, a former associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, is the chairman of Do No Harm.

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