During 97.9 The Hill's recent Forum On The Hill series, a pair of UNC professors shared their perspectives on the push in higher education to phase out racial equity language in admissions, policies and – even – teaching. They also shared fears of a focus solely on students getting a higher "return on investment" for their education, where they are pushed only higher-paying professions. But experts in education say it is the immeasurable lessons that actually make people more successful in the long run – especially in fields you might not expect, like medicine. “We are obligated by our accreditation authorities to discuss inequities, health disparities, structural violence, structural vulnerability, so our students are prepared to provide informed, empathic, up-to-date care,” says Sue Estroff, who teaches social medicine at UNC and sits on the university’s faculty executive committee. “And the idea that the central tenets of our curriculum are somehow to be erased, from the kind of e...