Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Alvin Francis Poussaint, whose tireless advocacy for diversity in medical education transformed Harvard Medical School and influenced generations of physicians from underrepresented backgrounds, died late last week. The Harlem-born psychiatrist was no stranger to the pages of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

For the first time in nearly 50 years, the number of Black medical schools in the country is growing. The fourth and newest, an independent four-year medical program at the Charles R. CDU joins Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C.,

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The PIE News

AUGUST 18, 2023

As part of a multi-campus strategy, upGrad is opening a new medical school in the South Pacific country of Vanuatu. In February 2024, upGrad Institute of Medical Sciences will welcome its first cohort of approximately 100 students. The post upGrad recruits for new Vanuatu medical school appeared first on The PIE News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. medical school applicants and matriculants between 2014 and 2019. They found that the socioeconomic diversity of medical school applicants and matriculants has decreased over time. “

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Dr. Shewanee Howard-Baptiste After a tough love encounter with science and biology courses, she realized the medical field wasnt her calling. Her pivot from medical school aspirations to a career in health education is now a lesson she shares with young people: life is a journey, not a checklist.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2023

Rutgers University's plan to merge New Jersey’s two largest public medical schools, New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has proven controversial, NorthJersey.com reported.

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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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University Business

MARCH 14, 2025

Higher education tends to push things into disciplines that separate people from one another, Jones says. That’s going to be really important to the higher education of the future. We can’t anticipate what the jobs of the future 10 or 20 years from now are going to be, Jones says. Listen here.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

By Francie Diep Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock The ranker organized the schools in tiers this year, seemingly because too many of them declined to provide essential data.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Given the prevalence of this chronic disease, researchers are calling for higher education medical institutions to strengthen training to prevent stigmatization and inadequate patient care. In a 2020 survey of 40 medical schools, 10 percent said their graduates are “very prepared” to manage patients who experience obesity.

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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

APRIL 29, 2024

They expect it will continue to boost the local economy, still recovering from Hurricane Katrina’s impact almost 20 years ago and will also allow for greater collaboration with other medical schools in the area, like Louisiana State University and Tulane University. This can be me.” Drew University of Medicine and Science.

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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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The PIE News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

QA Higher Education has launched a new international medical foundation diploma in the UK aimed at international high school students. The program has been designed in partnership with Northumbria University to lay a foundation for students planning to enter the medical profession. said Dr.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The proposal to increase the number of places in UK medical schools from 7,500 to 15,000 is contained in a draft of NHS England’s long-awaited workforce plan, which is expected to be published next month. Continue reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

From the medical school's perspective, the emergency room at the public hospital was "the best school in suturing a man could have in peacetime." Pedagogy, not patient care, was the primary concern, as two later observers wrote : “Care for patients was an incidental, sometimes optional, side effect.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

According to the University of Virginia's student newspaper, the Daily Cavalier , a group of 128 doctors have written a formal letter demanding that CEO of UVA Health Craig Kent and UVA Medical School Dean Melina Kibbe resign. The Higher Education Inquirer will release more information as it becomes available.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Philley “I am grateful for so many experiences provided to me at UT Tyler that offered a valuable understanding of the complexities of higher education and health care, and I am eager to work in this new capacity with my colleagues and throughout the community to make UT Tyler the best it can be,” said Philley. “I Dr. Julie V.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

The awful truth is that the wealthiest institutions are so flush with resources that they are deforming the entire system of higher education. In addition to tracing shifts in development and investment policies, Kimball and Iler make several important arguments that higher education faculty and policy makers ought to reckon with.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 20, 2024

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 Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

By Elissa Welle Getty Images Two studies of DEI practices in medical schools and residency programs examine barriers that hinder progress and strategies to overcome them.

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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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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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. Adtalem, formerly known as DeVry Education, is Walden's parent company.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 2, 2024

This growth reflects an increasing demand for higher education tailored to the Black community, amplified recruitment and retention efforts, innovative strategies to serve these student populations, and an increase in funding through federal and philanthropic avenues. Their next step is to seek accreditation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

With her dream in sight, she started pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration in 2020 at Baltimore’s Morgan State University, an HBCU. Dr. Virginia Byrne, the Morgan State assistant professor of higher education and student affairs who nominated Hollingsworth, said the Ph.D. For her Ph.D.,

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University Business

JANUARY 6, 2023

Higher ed R&D got a jolt from the largest increase in federal R&D spending since 2011, when Great Recession relief funding came to the rescue. Campus leaders also reported increases in state and local contributions though nonprofit spending dropped, according to the latest Higher Education Research and Development Survey.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 12, 2025

Source: Ivey Business School The Unique Marketing Benefits of Alumni Networks Now that higher education is increasingly competitive, the ability to showcase real-world success is crucial. appeared first on Higher Education Marketing. What is the value of alumni networks when it comes to your marketing strategy?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. student at Yale School of Medicine and lead author of the study, said when research and innovation are equitable, physicians are better equipped to care for diverse populations. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

The students will have access to mentoring, networking opportunities, and advising, internship, and volunteer healthcare experiences through a Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity (RHHO) at the UCR medical school.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

By Francie Diep Illustration by Ron Coddington, The Chronicle; Photos by AP and iStock Prominent law and medical schools have announced they will no longer cooperate with "U.S. Two researchers discuss what that might mean for the rankings.

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Higher Education Inquirer

MARCH 13, 2025

(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.

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GlobalHigherEd

JANUARY 2, 2018

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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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. The gift by an anonymous donor will be used on programmatic and scholarship support at the historically Black medical school.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Derricott earned a bachelor’s degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and a master of public health degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Chanel Derricott Chanel Derricott has been appointed assistant vice president for housing and facilities at Virginia Union University in Richmond.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The study – done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Drexel University, and Duke University – found that the odds of dying for Blacks were 26% higher than for white counterparts and that much of that life expectancy gap can be attributed to wealth differences.

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