Harvard Medical School rejects U.S. News rankings
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
The dean of the No. 1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data.
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Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
The dean of the No. 1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data.
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This raises challenges and opportunities for medical schools. Instructors are integrating AI and ML into curricula to train medical students to practice medicine in the real world, says Dr. Bernard Chang, dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School, which is creating an AI in medicine doctorate track. “We
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
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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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Ryan, The Boston Globe, Getty Images Harvard Medical School. Like the law-school leaders before him, the Harvard dean George Q. By Francie Diep. Daley said rankings create perverse incentives.
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