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A century in the making, Duquesne University opens its new medical school

University Business

More than a century later, amid a nationwide shortage in primary care doctors, Duquesne is getting its medical school. The post A century in the making, Duquesne University opens its new medical school appeared first on University Business. Read more from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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New HBCU Medical College in NOLA Will Confront Medical Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Xavier University of Louisiana, an historically Black university (or HBCU) in New Orleans and top graduator of Black students who pursue medical degrees and doctorates in the health sciences, is partnering with Ochsner Health, the area’s leading medical training center, to open Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM).

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Rankings and the line of best fit – the ultimate guide or a blunt instrument?

The PIE News

Love them or loathe them, university rankings carry weight. The sheer breadth of rankings can be surprising, from THE, QS, Shanghai Rankings, to the Private University Ranking – ASEAN, Studocu’s World University Ranking, Webometrics, and the Round University Rankings to name but a few.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University.

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Colleges, Higher Ed Groups Join Biden Campaign Against Hunger

Inside Higher Ed

The president announced these commitments : By 2030, the University of California system will cut in half the proportion of its 280,000-person student body facing food insecurity—reducing the reported rate among undergraduates from 44 percent to 22 percent and among graduate students from 26 percent to 13 percent.