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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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The high cost of funded research in colleges and universities

Changing Higher Education

Funding for research in higher education comes from many sources as described in the NSF Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey for 2015: Higher Education R&D Expenditures by source (in Millions of current dollars ). . OPEN COSTS. TOTAL RESEARCH. 4 year % change.

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Deep Internationalization & Infrastructure

GlobalHigherEd

Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore (a National University of Singapore/Duke University joint venture). Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore (a Nanyang Technological University/Imperial College London joint venture). Global Innovation Exchange in Seattle (a University of Washington/Tsinghua University joint venture).

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State support for higher ed up for second year in a row

Inside Higher Ed

Image: State fiscal support for public higher education institutions is up 6.6 percent for fiscal year 2023, according to the latest report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. billion of federal funding on higher ed. In FY2023, states spent $1.2 billion and $7.8

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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams, a director of student affairs and DEI for graduate programs in sustainability management and sustainability science, tours the country and tells people about what the Ivy League school’s fellowship can offer them. definitely sets this fellowship apart,” Williams says. According to a press release, past fellows — from the U.S.

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UK still looking to “expand and grow” international numbers

The PIE News

. “So I really do hope you can put on the record secretary of state that this is definitely not in the thinking of the DfE or other colleagues around the cabinet table.” “We’re investing in medical schools,” Keegan said.