Do No Harm

The Board must immediately suspend Elective Program or revise The Board terms to ensure that applicants of all races receive equal consideration, the University’s ‘ Underrepresented in Medicine Student Clerkship Grant is a program to ‘ support and encourage medical students who identify as underrepresented in medicine( URiM). ’ Awardees receive a $ 2,500 stipend to cover the cost of living expenses, additional travel stipends, and many professional and career development opportunities.

The University is openly flouting those obligations by allocating scholarship and employment opportunities based on race, in short, The University is prioritizing some medical students over others purely because of their race.

As The University openly admits — indeed, advertises — students must be ‘ [ b ] elonging to a historically excluded group,' in light of the University’s facially discriminatory eligibility standards, we ask the Department to promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief.