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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. The Proctor Institute – housed in the Rutgers-New Brunswick Graduate School of Education – hosted the event in honor of Black History Month.

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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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What Higher Education Can Learn from a Public Charity Hospital

Inside Higher Ed

Thus, racial and class bias can be embedded in the policies, practices, and norms of institutions and organizations, and can result in unequal access to opportunities, resources, and power for individuals and groups. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Time is of the essence.

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2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. Hosted annually by local colleges, Women in STEM Career Day introduces women high school students to STEM-related careers.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Adelphi also introduced Students Beyond the Binary, a new student organization focused on transgender and gender-nonconforming issues. Established in 2020, the College of Ethnic Studies is the newest college at California State University, Los Angeles, and one of only two schools of ethnic studies in California.