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The $25,000 “racial healing” grant from Illinois will “help the
department ensure its Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
curriculum fully integrates diversity, equity and inclusion
concepts,” according to a March news release.
“We’re hoping to get people more comfortable talking and
learning about the intersectionality of our lives and society,”
Becky Hullet, director of the west suburban Chicago university’s
graduate nursing programs, stated in the news release.
The eventual goal is to integrate DEI throughout all nursing
degrees.
Hullet did not respond to two emailed requests for comment sent
in the past two weeks asking for comment on the plans.
“Among the near-term changes she envisions: ensuring that
assignments reflect what’s happening in the real [world],
adjusting how assignments are measured, and changing how faculty
members talk with students,” the university announced. “She also
hopes the grant can help fund faculty professional development.”
Elmhurst’s DEI team also did not respond to two emailed requests
for comment.
The program is “disappointing,” according to Laura Morgan, a
retired nurse who now works for Do No Harm.
“While it’s not surprising to see this type of indoctrination
happening in an Illinois university, it’s still disappointing,
especially when a private university is accepting public funds
to support it,” Morgan told The Fix via an emailed statement.
The chief of staff for Do No Harm, which opposes DEI in
healthcare, said patients are “better served by individuals
educated to be competent nurses who approach their practice from
the perspective of treating everyone equally, regardless of
immutable characteristics.”
“While several states have taken measures to remove DEI from
their institutions of higher education, Illinois continues to
plunge headlong into institutionalizing divisive race-based
ideology through its taxpayer-funded entities like the
Department of Human Services,” Morgan said.
Elmhurst University is just one of the recipients of the
Illinois Department of Human Services’ Healing Illinois program
which funds “racial healing activities” and initiatives to
advance “anti-racism.” The state will spend up to $4.5 million
on grants.
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