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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

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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.

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Program Encourages Regional Native American Students to Pursue Health Sciences

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The University of Minnesota (UMN) Medical School Duluth Campus will increase access to biomedical science careers for Native American students in the region with the new Gateways to Medicine and Research Master of Science degree program. There needs to be more representation of Native Americans in clinics and in academic medicine.

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PCOM Is On ‘FIRE’ for Equitable Education

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Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) has a long history of ensuring a more inclusive and equitable educational experience for students of all backgrounds. PCOM, a premier osteopathic medical school with three campuses, has implemented several initiatives aimed at promoting equity in student recruitment and community outreach.

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

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The ITA fosters a supportive environment where instructors can share experiences and innovate in teaching, breaking down the usual departmental barriers. KCU faculty members joined the program that includes mentorship, case presentations, curriculum information, how to take a medical history, a suture clinic, and identity workshops.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

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Still University of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU) is a founding partner of the Academic Medicine Consortium of Arizona, a group of medical schools that collaborate to identify and nurture students toward academic medicine. The MCW Kern Institute held the Summit on Advancing Equity in the Learning Environment.

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The Future is Bright for Indiana University's 15-Year-Old Graduate

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I’m a sociologist but also an historian, so I go through the history of race in America starting with the genocide of Native Americans, slavery, and trying to explain how slavery worked, how powerful slave holders were at the time, all that. “In It wasn’t a very good environment for me,” said Njumbe.

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Best Practices in Hispanic and Latino Programs

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ASU Chancellor Tim Hudson emphasized to University World News that the campus will “create leaders who have an empathetic understanding of different cultures, who are comfortable working in a global environment.” Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth At Geisel School of Medicine, support extends beyond cultural studies and language programs.