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Study: Applicants, Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools Increasingly From Higher Income Households

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.

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Harvard Medical School to Add Climate Change to Curriculum

Insight Into Diversity

A committee at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently voted to integrate climate change into the curriculum for MD students. These topics will be embedded through a student’s medical education to help enhance the care they are able to provide to future patients who have been impacted by climate change.

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Health Professions Students Grade Their Institutions on Climate Change Awareness

Insight Into Diversity

More than 450 students at health professions schools around the world are measuring how effectively their institutions address climate change using the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC).

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

(Image: Mass General is Harvard University Medical School's teaching hospital.) For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements.

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Kinesiology and Health Promotion Program Embeds DEI Throughout Curriculum

Insight Into Diversity

Some earn their master’s degrees and others also go on to medical school. . Since fall of 2019, the number of tenured KHP faculty members has more than doubled, allowing for enhanced diversity in thought, background, and perspective, Lewis-Trammell says.

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Colorado College to Drop Out of ‘U.S. News’ Rankings

Inside Higher Ed

It continues to equate academic rigor with high school rank and standardized test scores, a metric that creates perverse incentives for schools to provide ‘merit’ aid at the expense of need-based aid. ” Law schools and medical schools, including many highly ranked institutions, have dropped out of U.S.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

billion gift to fund the Doerr School of Sustainability, its first new school in 70 years. That same month, Columbia University celebrated its Climate School’s first-ever graduating class. In May, Stanford University announced a $1.1 Real disclosure is a start.

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