Insight Into Diversity

MAY 9, 2023

As medical school applications return to pre-pandemic levels, greater numbers of women, Black, and Hispanic applicants continue to matriculate into these institutions, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, has said.

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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York City mayor, is giving $600 million to the country’s four historically Black medical schools, which account for a significant percentage of all medical degrees awarded to Black doctors. surpassing the $100 million gift that Spelman College in Atlanta announced in January.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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The PIE News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

International students attending medical schools in the Caribbean are being saddled with huge loan debts while facing limited chances of securing residency positions needed to become practising doctors, a new study has said. The medical students face two major barriers in achieving their goal of becoming physicians.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. Read more from The New York Times.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JUNE 25, 2024

Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges publishes a lot of data about admission to medical colleges in the US. The fourth tab shows which undergraduate institutions sent applications to US Medical Schools in what quantity, based on student ethnicity.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 6, 2024

Gifts to ‘diversify the medical field’ will give millions to schools like Howard University College of Medicine Michael Bloomberg , the billionaire former New York City mayor, announced Tuesday that his charitable organization is donating $600m million to four historically Black medical schools.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

aid to foreign medical colleges. He said that some overseas medical schools are exempt from meeting the minimum standards to which other foreign medical schools are held: that at least 60 percent of their enrollment must be non-U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has introduced a bill to limit U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Retired clarinetist Edward Avedisian has donated $100 million to the Boston University medical school, the university announced Thursday. The school, which since 1873 has been called the Boston University School of Medicine, will now be known as the Aram V. Chobanian & Edward Avedisian School of Medicine.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university, and Ochsner Health, a health-care system in the state, announced plans to jointly establish a new medical school. The goal is to help diversify the medical workforce in Louisiana and nationwide. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2025

In September 2023, the Rutgers University Senate passed a no-confidence vote (89-47) citing concerns about shared governance following decisions including the merger of medical schools and his handling of a faculty strike. Despite these challenges, Holloway championed several initiatives during his Rutgers presidency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Louis, Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste was certain shed become a doctor, but her college years told a different story. Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2022

His public high school struggled with overcrowded classrooms and gang violence. He almost didn’t graduate high school because his grades were too low. But he ultimately went to Ohlone College, a community college in Fremont, Calif., It’s streamlined and connected. A Regional Approach.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 6, 2024

Weeks after announcing a $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins — significant not only for making medical school free for most students and expanding financial aid for others, but for the inclusion of nursing and public-health students as beneficiaries — Bloomberg Philanthropies has pledged $600 million to four historically Black medical schools.

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University Business

MARCH 14, 2025

Belmont University President Greg Jones may have crafted the most authentic initiative for the Tennessee-based liberal arts college after striking a unique partnership with global superstar legend Dolly Parton. Higher education tends to push things into disciplines that separate people from one another, Jones says. Listen here.

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University Business

JULY 23, 2024

News & World Report on Tuesday published its list of the 2024 Best Medical Schools , but you won’t find where your institution ranks anywhere on the report. ” That also means that the list of best medical schools no longer covers specialties such as anesthesiology, surgery and family medicine.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 29, 2024

Plans to open a for-profit medical school affiliated with Morgan State University in Baltimore have fallen badly behind schedule, The Baltimore Banner reported on Monday.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Juan McGruder A $20 million gift to Meharry Medical College is expected to enhance the college's mission to serve underserved populations and cultivate the next generation of health care providers and researchers.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2025

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining a Harvard Medical School research associate whos a Russian native. One of Kseniia Petrovas lawyers says the government is trying to deport her to Russia, where she faces possible arrest due to her prior political activism and outspoken opposition to Russias invasion of Ukraine.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

By Francie Diep Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images After months of agitation from law and medical schools, the vast majority of colleges seem to have cooperated with U.S. News for its undergraduate-program rankings.

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University Business

JANUARY 18, 2024

More than a century later, amid a nationwide shortage in primary care doctors, Duquesne is getting its medical school. Duquesne’s College of Medicine has officially opened, with a focus on training primary care physicians who will practice in high-need areas in the region. Read more from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Adtalem also owns the Chamberlain College of Nursing and medical schools in the Carribean. Walden is one of America's largest robocolleges , proving online education to tens of thousands of folks in psychology, social work, nursing, education, business, and criminal justice each year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

After working as a nurse at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Witcher Walker decided to continue her education by applying for a student affairs position at the medical school after her family life took a new course. So, the medical school had an opening, and I applied for the position and got accepted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Born in 1940, the trained chemist was the face of Xavier’s pre-med program and was responsible for helping the university develop its reputation of sending more Black graduates to medical school than any other institution in the nation. The university created the JW Carmichael, Jr. Carmichael,” said Congressman Troy A.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Former Native Explorer participant and mentor, Dr. Lana Duke is a Chickasaw citizen and graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2024. Kent Smith, PhD, associate dean and professor, Office of American Indians in Medicine and Science at OSU-CHS and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Medical School and Veterans Affairs Partnerships Advance Research, Innovation Since the end of World War II, when an overwhelming number of veterans returned from deployment in need of care, the U.S. Nearly 70 percent of all physicians have trained with the VA in at least one of its 170 medical centers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) has established the VP&S Latino Association, a group that aims to foster development, presence, and belonging of the Latino community at the medical school.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University depended on and profited from slavery, according to a report commissioned by the university, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The medical college was “intimately connected” to the institution of slavery in the mid-1800s, according to the report.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

The impact will prepare more [underrepresented] and first-generation students for admission to medical schools across the country while sharing learnings and perspectives in a deepened relationship with our nation’s HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities].” Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

The UC Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine has accepted its first class of California Medicine Scholars. This spring, these community college students from inland Southern California will receive academic support as they pursue medical education.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2025

Best law schools Stanford University and Yale University tied for No. 2 are Teachers College-Columbia University, University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University. University of Chicago is No. 3, University of Virginia is No. 4 and University of PennsylvaniaCarey is No. Tied at No. 5 is University of California, Los Angeles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As As a medical school, our first priority is to train physicians, researchers, and other healthcare professionals.

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Changing Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2016

A college or university that does research ends up spending considerable resources of its own even when most of its research is “funded”. These data include medical schools, which contribute about $23B to the Total Research column in 2014. Undergraduate tuition seems like one likely source. . a year during the period 1983-2013.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2023

Lucchinetti has been named senior vice president for medical affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and dean of the Dell Medical School. She will hold the Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean’s Chair in Medical Leadership. from Rush Medical College in Chicago. and an M.D.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

You can now see that IIT Kanpur is set to establish a medical college on its campus, while IIT Kharagpur already has one focused on biomedical sciences. Eighty-five percent of medical equipment used in India is imported. Indias Index of Industrial Production grew by 3.2%

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Colleges and higher education organizations have joined President Biden’s new campaign against hunger. The Association of American Medical Colleges and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education commit to organizing and hosting the first-ever Medical Education Summit on Nutrition in Practice in March 2023.

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