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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

The AIHC was launched by Kent Smith in 2017. The pair developed JUMP-Start, Journey for Underrepresented Students in Medicine Program, a free, student-organized and executed conference for undergraduates from marginalized groups who have an interest in attending medical school but may not have access to the necessary resources to succeed.

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HE has “unique” civil discourse potential

The PIE News

Founded originally as a medical school to fight a yellow fever pandemic in 1834, Tulane’s outlook has “always been more outward looking, pragmatic, interdisciplinary and socially impactful” when compared to some other universities. . “Similar efforts at other universities have seen incredible success.

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

Faculty Focus

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). Similarly, at Lincoln Memorial Osteopathic Medical School, pre-matriculation anatomy boot camps led to higher gross anatomy exam scores (Herling et al.

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UK still looking to “expand and grow” international numbers

The PIE News

Previous exit checks in 2017 showed that 97% of international students left the UK after finishing their studies, while 2016 Home Office-commissioned analysis found only 1% of students overstayed their visas. “We’re investing in medical schools,” Keegan said.

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Whither the College or University Presidency

Inside Higher Ed

In a thoughtful 2017 opinion piece in The Washington Post , the prolific higher education observer Jeffrey J. That vision may be highly ambitious, for example, becoming a Tier 1 research institution and adding a medical school, or more focused: dramatically increasing the number of underrepresented students who enter STEM fields.

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

Faculty Focus

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). Similarly, at Lincoln Memorial Osteopathic Medical School, pre-matriculation anatomy boot camps led to higher gross anatomy exam scores (Herling et al.

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

SRHE

In 2017-18 it admitted only 14% of its home students from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority region, much of which would be classified as economically deprived. In 2017-18 only 34% of its graduates took employment in the region and this figure would have been boosted by the graduate deposit from a large medical school.