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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the number of Black medical schools in the country is growing. The fourth and newest, an independent four-year medical program at the Charles R. CDU joins Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.,

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Report: VCU Medical School Depended on Slavery

Inside Higher Ed

The medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University depended on and profited from slavery, according to a report commissioned by the university, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The medical college was “intimately connected” to the institution of slavery in the mid-1800s, according to the report.

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HBCUs Announce Creation of New Colleges

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Two historically Black universities, Harris-Stowe State University and Xavier University of Louisiana, recently announced the creation of new academic colleges on their campuses. The college will be led by Harvey R. Xavier and Ochsner will form a nonprofit corporation to launch the college and will create a new curriculum.

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Morehouse School of Medicine Looks to Disrupt Health Inequities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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Colleges, Higher Ed Groups Join Biden Campaign Against Hunger

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges and higher education organizations have joined President Biden’s new campaign against hunger. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education commit to organizing and hosting the first-ever Medical Education Summit on Nutrition in Practice in March 2023.

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Colorado College to Drop Out of ‘U.S. News’ Rankings

Inside Higher Ed

Colorado College announced Monday that it is leaving the rankings produced each year by U.S. News & World Report ’s methodology, weighing the proportion of students with debt and the total amount of debt at graduation, creates incentives for schools to admit wealthy students who can attend without incurring debt.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The inspiration to form AMHPS came to Sullivan at a National Medical Association meeting when he was developing the medical school at Morehouse College in 1975. At that time, there were two predominantly Black medical schools in the U.S., Would we be diluting their funding by coming into being?

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