A student whistleblower has alleged that students at Oakland University are required to attend a DEI networking event in order to pass certain business ethics and finance courses.

The student’s advisor confirmed that the course is one of two mandatory courses for graduation.

A Michigan student whistleblower has stepped forward to reveal that Oakland University is requiring him to participate in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) networking event.

The anonymous whistleblower, who is a senior at Oakland pursuing a degree in finance, explained that one of his professors instructed him to enroll in two zero-credit courses that are related to one another: SBC 3990, a business ethics course, and FIN 3990, a finance education course.

“They are technically free but are a requirement to graduate,” the whistleblower told Campus Reform.

“As I am looking through the course material for the final class (3990) I noticed a module labeled ‘Module 4: Cultural Agility & Awareness’ and read more about the module and it explicitly talks about DEI and part of the module is you are required to go to a DEI networking event with a DEI speaker,” the whistleblower continued.

The event is slated for Nov. 13.

Not only does the student whistleblower have to attend the event, but he is also required to write a DEI reflection piece as part of the overall score.

The whistleblower also passed on a series of emails in which his advisor—named Elizabeth Gerhart—confirmed to him that passing the...

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