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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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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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New UMN Medical Campus to Focus on Rural Health

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School will open a new campus focused on training homegrown health care professionals in St. as early as 2025, through a collaboration with medical provider CentraCare. Cloud, Minn., The expansion will address an anticipated shortage of health workers in the region.

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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. Engaging Middle Schoolers in Health Professions — Michigan Medicine University of Michigan Medical School.

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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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Nearly 80% of admissions officers were against the fall of affirmative action. How have they coped?

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Acuity Insights surveyed admissions teams’ deans, associate directors, committee members and more to gauge the impact of the ruling and how they adapted. Davis into one of the country’s most diverse medical schools despite the state’s affirmative action ban in 1996, The New York Times reports.

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

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Improve student persistence toward college and toward graduation by: Incentivizing faculty to engage in student advising and mentoring Encouraging students to develop a college-going mindset Offering completion and retention grants Making sure the right students and mentors are getting into peer mentoring programs Encourage lifelong learning through: (..)