Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling. Her pivot from medical school aspirations to a career in health education is now a lesson she shares with young people: life is a journey, not a checklist.

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Empower Provost Medical School Leadership 119

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking.

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Academia Arts And Sciences Scholarship Model 104

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“Since its founding 13 years ago, the Wyss Institute has been devoted to breaking down silos within and between academia and industry,” said Harvard University president Larry Bacow. In the spring of 2023, the 375 full-time employees will move to a new headquarters in Boston near Harvard Medical School. Hide by line?:

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Engineering Institution Medical School Academia 75

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The presentations spark interest and possibly ignite a passion for learning more, which is how he found his career in academia. He entered Morehouse intent on majoring in biology and going on to medical school. We have all the data that shows you can still go to med school,” he says.

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Liberal Arts Arts And Sciences History Department 105

Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As a best practice, Health Professions HEED Award recipient schools incorporate pedagogy, projects, and training focused on anti-bias and cultural competency in both employee and student education.

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Medical School Equity Inclusivity Academia 40

Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This year, it launched a new center and program to address the acute need for culturally diverse and responsive health professionals: the Health Professions Center and its signature program, the Martin Delany-Pan African Studies Pathway to Medical School Program. . Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” .

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Inclusivity Equity Retention Faculty 105

ACPA

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

And also, I think the reality of academia. And I don’t know where that comes from, I don’t know if that comes from they feel like academia is a safe space for international students, but maybe the working world. Did they say like, so like it’s such a fancy world, but you know nothing about it so far.

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Students Empower Schooling Faculty 98