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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alvin Francis Poussaint, whose tireless advocacy for diversity in medical education transformed Harvard Medical School and influenced generations of physicians from underrepresented backgrounds, died late last week. The Harlem-born psychiatrist was no stranger to the pages of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine will go tuition free after $1B donation - Lilah Burke, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York, will offer free tuition following a $1 billion donation from its board chair — a gift the institution called the largest ever to an American medical school. The donor, Ruth Gottesman, is a former professor at the medical school and current member of the Montefiore board.

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Laser focused: what are the benefits of single-subject institutions?

The PIE News

From art colleges to medical schools, specialised higher education institutions are nothing new. Clare has worked in the international education industry since 2008, leading a successful global recruitment team that advises students and parents on study abroad opportunities, and supports Kaplan’s valued partner agents.”.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 33 (3): 432–40. Hafen, McArthur, Allison M.J.

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The Research Excellence Framework: UK Higher Education’s great export

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Hugh McKenna CBE, Dean of Medical School Development at Ulster University; and Roger Watson , Honourary Professor of Nursing at the University of Hull. This increasingly means that funding must be targeted at research quality. If it did not exist, someone would have to invent it!

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State support for higher ed up for second year in a row

Inside Higher Ed

Still, she said, this year’s numbers are “definitely a strong positive,” building on a strong fiscal 2022, which already represented some of the largest boosts for state higher ed funding since the 2008 recession. percent to research, hospital expansion and medical schools, according to the SHEEO report.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). At the Louisiana State School of Veterinary Medicine, a veterinary anatomy pre-course correlated with improved exam grades and reduced anxiety (McNulty and Lazarus, 2018). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 33 (3): 432–40. Hafen, McArthur, Allison M.J.