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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. Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in Los Angeles, opened in early July with 60 students. Dr. John W.

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Rutgers Plan to Merge Medical Schools Met with Pushback

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rutgers University's plan to merge New Jersey’s two largest public medical schools, New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has proven controversial, NorthJersey.com reported. 21 vote of lost confidence in Rutgers President Dr. Jonathan Holloway by the University Senate.

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Rutgers Faculty Votes No Confidence Over Merger Plans for 2 Medical Schools

Inside Higher Ed

Rutgers University’s University Senate voted no confidence in President Jonathan Holloway over plans to merge the university’s two medical schools, at New Brunswick and at Newark, NorthJersey.com reported.

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University of Minnesota Medical School swears off compelled speech in white coat ceremony 

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Less than a week after FIRE raised concerns about compelled speech at the University of Minnesota Medical School, the university assured us no student would face repercussions for refusing to say a political oath at its white coat ceremony. . FIRE defends students and faculty — regardless of their views.

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From the Ground Up: Building a Medical School With Community in Mind

The Higher Ed Marketer

How do you market a school that is in the process of being built? . In this episode, Dr. Michael Rice details his next exciting opportunity: Director of Admissions at the Osteopathic Medical School at Duquesne University. Join us as we discuss: What it looks like to build a school from scratch.

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Veteran Healers

Insight Into Diversity

Medical School and Veterans Affairs Partnerships Advance Research, Innovation Since the end of World War II, when an overwhelming number of veterans returned from deployment in need of care, the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of all physicians have trained with the VA in at least one of its 170 medical centers.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Belmont University, a private Christian institution in Nashville, Tenn., plans to break a long-standing tradition of only hiring Christian instructors by opening some faculty positions to Jewish candidates. The announcement, made at a Faculty Senate meeting in November, was met with a range of reactions.

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