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Historian Dr. Jonathan Holloway to Lead Henry Luce Foundation Following Rutgers Presidency

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Henry Luce Foundation announced on Friday, that Holloway will become its seventh President and CEO in the organization's 89-year history. Holloway's appointment comes after his term as Rutgers' 21st president and first Black president in the university's 250-year history. history, particularly social and intellectual history.

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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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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Inside Higher Ed

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. More than that, I’m appalled by their failure to do more to assist the higher ed ecosystem as a whole. Such an argument, the authors show, is grossly exaggerated.

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

The pair developed JUMP-Start, Journey for Underrepresented Students in Medicine Program, a free, student-organized and executed conference for undergraduates from marginalized groups who have an interest in attending medical school but may not have access to the necessary resources to succeed.

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The Unbearable Weight of 1000 Days: Afghan girls and their Stolen Future 

HEPI

Today, 13 June 2024, marks 1,000 days since girls’ education was banned in Afghanistan. In 1893, for the first time in modern democratic history, women voted in the national elections in New Zealand. [1] Yet the arc of history does not always bend towards justice. higher education sector is not to forget.

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Rutgers Webinar Discusses Health Equity, Minority Health, and Medical Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The current state of health equity and medical education were key topics at a webinar on Tuesday sponsored by Rutgers University’s Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice. At that time, there were two predominantly Black medical schools in the U.S., Sullivan, former Secretary of the U.S.

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The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers

Higher Education Inquirer

(Image: Mass General is Harvard University Medical School's teaching hospital.) For decades, Americas elite university medical centers have been the epitome of healthcare research and innovation, providing world-class treatment, education, and cutting-edge medical advancements.