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UC Irvine to Launch Pre-Health Professional Development Program to Support Students from Underserved Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information – will select undergraduates for training, advising, and support to increase readiness for medical school. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They get additional financial supports such as assistance with fees, stipends each semester, and campus “flex dollars” to spend on food and at the bookstore, says Zelon Crawford, SPS’s senior associate dean of student affairs, who oversees the fellowship program. Program adviser Dr. John E.

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Higher Ed Lessons in Interim Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

I think I can be a much better partner with the next chancellor, because I know the demands that come under time, I know the requests that come from the outside, and I can help them channel it, and help my deans and vice provosts, be more responsive to what they see coming.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college’s dean, Dr. David E. He entered Morehouse intent on majoring in biology and going on to medical school. While he loved history, the only career option he could envision was becoming a high school teacher, which didn’t interest him. I use this model when I advise students.”

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

This year, it launched a new center and program to address the acute need for culturally diverse and responsive health professionals: the Health Professions Center and its signature program, the Martin Delany-Pan African Studies Pathway to Medical School Program. . Equity Advisers for Hiring, Promotion — Northwestern University.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

“It’s kind of like in medical school when they talk about the ‘half-life of knowledge.’ ’ The medical school dean tells graduates, ‘In five years, half of what we tell you will turn out to be false,’” said Alexei Efros, computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley.