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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The ruling sent medical schools across the nation scrambling to adjust admission standards to abide by the new law of the land. These barriers [to entry] manifest early, prior to even applying to medical school,” says Faiz. Roughly half of the UC Davis School of Medicine’s class of 2026 represent minoritized populations.

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Clarinetist Gives $100M to Boston U Medical School

Inside Higher Ed

Retired clarinetist Edward Avedisian has donated $100 million to the Boston University medical school, the university announced Thursday. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine. He became a philanthropist devoted to educational causes and the Armenian community, of which he is a member. Hide by line?:

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$100 million: The largest single donation in HBCU history goes to Spelman College

University Business

This year marks 100 since Spelman Baptist Seminary became Spelman College, the all-women HBCU in the heart of Atlanta, Ga., ” Three-quarters of the donation will go directly toward scholarships. Spelman College is just one of the several prestigious HBCUs in Atlanta. Who are Spelman College’s donors?

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“Ample room” for int’l students in the US

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As policies restricting international student inflows take hold in Canada , Australia and the UK , “there is ample room for the international student population to grow” in the US, it said. To maximise this capacity for growth, universities “could offer more scholarships and run targeted marketing campaigns in key regions to help with brand awareness (..)

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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., When I was a medical student years ago, I had scholarship support.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Still University of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU) is a founding partner of the Academic Medicine Consortium of Arizona, a group of medical schools that collaborate to identify and nurture students toward academic medicine. Pathway and Mentoring Programs — Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.

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President’s corner: How Eli Capilouto inspired a spate of gracious donations

University Business

It would be hard for a college or university that banks its revenue on tuition and enrollment not to be overwhelmed and even jealous of the money flooding into UK. The initiative uses a data-informed analytics model to identify students with unmet financial needs and match them with scholarships.