DEI at public colleges, medical schools comes under congressional attack
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 7, 2024
Republicans on the House's education committee took aim at diversity, equity and inclusion during a two-hour hearing Thursday.
Medical School Enrollment Shows Mixed Trends as Diversity Numbers Decline
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 8, 2025
Medical schools across the United States are facing new challenges in maintaining student diversity, according to data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). We are encouraged by the increase in first-time applicants to medical school," said AAMC president and CEO Dr. David J.
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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2023
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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Bill Seeks Funding Ban for Medical Schools With DEI Programs
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
A Republican congressman from North Carolina wants to prohibit federal funding, including student loans, for medical schools with diversity, equity and inclusion-related policies and requirements.
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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence
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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Bloomberg Donation Boosts Black Medical Schools
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 6, 2024
Weeks after announcing a $1 billion donation to Johns Hopkins — significant not only for making medical school free for most students and expanding financial aid for others, but for the inclusion of nursing and public-health students as beneficiaries — Bloomberg Philanthropies has pledged $600 million to four historically Black medical schools.
The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker
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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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award
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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PCOM Is On ‘FIRE’ for Equitable Education
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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.
Partnership Boosts Diversity in Medical Education
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Last week, private medical school Des Moines University (DMU) and historically Black Voorhees University announced a new partnership designed to help more students advance their education in health science fields. The post Partnership Boosts Diversity in Medical Education appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.
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Stanford’s REACH Initiative Advances Health Equity
Insight Into Diversity
APRIL 18, 2023
The impact will prepare more [underrepresented] and first-generation students for admission to medical schools across the country while sharing learnings and perspectives in a deepened relationship with our nation’s HBCUs [historically Black colleges and universities].” In 2022, 48 HBCU medical students were involved in the program.
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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers
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.
The Dark Legacy of Elite University Medical Centers
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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Dr. Barbara Jones Appointed Dean of the Boston University School of Social Work
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 15, 2023
She is also the inaugural chair of the Department of Health Social Work at UT Austin’s Dell Medical School. “I I will dedicate myself to further BUSSW’s impressive national and global leadership and innovation in social work education, research, and practice.”
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Melissa L. Gilliam Chosen as First Woman, First African American to Lead BU
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Prior to Ohio State, Gilliam spent 16 years at the University of Chicago (UChicago), where she was a research professor and held multiple leadership roles, including associate dean of diversity and inclusion.
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Navigating Microaggressions: A Call for DEI Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 8, 2024
Within professional environments, microaggressions persist as a pervasive and often overlooked force, representing one of the most significant challenges to equity and inclusion. Unfortunately, experiences like these are all too common in healthcare today. Microaggressions are often rooted in unconscious or implicit bias.
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Kinesiology and Health Promotion Program Embeds DEI Throughout Curriculum
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
A newly revamped curriculum embedded with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics launched this fall in the Kinesiology and Health Promotion Program (KHP) at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Some earn their master’s degrees and others also go on to medical school. .
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DEI at public colleges, medical schools comes under congressional attack - Lilah Burke, Higher Ed Dive
Economics and Change in Higher Education
MARCH 20, 2024
Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce took aim at colleges’ diversity, equity and inclusion practices during a two-hour hearing Thursday. Republicans focused much of their attention on diversity in medical education, antisemitism, and the budgets and staffing of DEI offices at colleges.
Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 13, 2023
Campus administrators and some members of the local Jewish community celebrated the shift as a step toward greater interreligious inclusion, aligned with recent Jewish-Christian interfaith efforts at Belmont. ” Inclusive or Exclusive? ” “I look at it not as exclusionary to other faiths,” he said.
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Creating Diverse Pathways for the Next Generation of Doctors
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 2, 2024
George Pickens s Pickens's journey is also emblematic of the collaborative efforts between Tennessee State University and Meharry Medical College, which recognized the hurdles many students face and established systems to nurture and guide aspiring medical professionals.
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Leveraging European Partnerships in Medical Education
HEPI
JANUARY 15, 2025
The United Kingdom faces a critical shortage of medical professionals , a problem exacerbated by the limited availability of medical school places. The Problem: Limited Medical Education Opportunities in the UK UK medical schools are oversubscribed, with only a fraction of applicants securing a place each year.
A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
His work in the academy includes various stints in project management, student affairs, development, and fundraising roles at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Tuskegee University, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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How the “next phase” of LGBTQ+ student support is stirring at this Ivy League
University Business
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Efforts have ranged from providing LGBTQ+-inclusive housing to scholarships and sports teams. ” More from UB: Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences The growing need for LGBTQ+ healthcare The percentage of U.S. adults who self-identify as something other than heterosexual is 7.1%
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Best Practices in Hispanic and Latino Programs
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Leading the Way in Support and Inclusion According to recent census projections, the Hispanic and Latino population in the United States is expected to make up nearly 26.9% Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth At Geisel School of Medicine, support extends beyond cultural studies and language programs.
RISD Drops Out of ‘U.S. News’ Undergraduate Rankings
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it will no longer participate in U.S. Thus far, most of the colleges dropping out have been law and medical schools, although Reed College withdrew in 1995. News & World Report ’s undergraduate college rankings. I hope many more will follow.”
2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 18, 2022
In addition to this project, the college recently hosted its third annual Women’s Global Leadership Conference, entitled “Leading Inclusively: Transformative Change Across the Globe.”. Strategic Plans + Climate Survey = Inclusive Excellence — Ball State University. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University.
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University of Kansas Establishes Center for African American Health
Insight Into Diversity
JUNE 21, 2023
The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) has launched the Center for African American Health, a new initiative that will focus on improving the health outcomes of Black, African American, and other marginalized communities. Jerrihlyn McGee, vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion at KUMC, said in the release.
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Columbia University Reaches Out to HBCUs for Fellowship Program
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
“Collaborations between Ivy Leagues and HBCUs certainly can’t be merely a fleeting act of charity, but rather a durable, sustainable, and meaningful pathway, like this one, towards dismantling traditional structures and building a truly inclusive educational enterprise for all,” says Strayhorn.
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Kansas Senate, House invite author who asserts critical race theory fosters discrimination -TIM CARPENTER, Kansas Reflector
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
A controversial physician and author urged the Kansas Legislature to ban hospitals and medical schools from compelling students and employees to pledge allegiance to critical race theory, affirmative action and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Fostering Success
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
This program really helped me in terms of my career path,” says Tajrian, who is planning to apply to medical school, and says AAP was tremendously helpful in her understanding of what that entails. “I Alexander says one of the most pressing issues in higher education is diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award Winners
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 21, 2023
Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. It serves to recruit local talent for the graduate school pipeline to help diversify the workforce. Dreamline Pathways A.T.
More professors now embrace Wikipedia in the classroom
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Besides, he decided, many patients rely on Wikipedia to research medical concerns, and doctors who ignore that reality are fooling themselves. He decided to design and teach an elective course at the medical school on Wikipedia editing.
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Could the medical classroom do with a healthy dose of politics?
LSE Higher Education Blog
MARCH 9, 2023
These include opening traditional education systems to review and criticism, increasing the attention paid to the hidden curriculum, formal recognition of critical thinking as an essential dimension in the medical educational process, and increasing participatory learning throughout medical school.
Lottery admissions: Are they feasible in an anti-DEI environment?
University Business
JULY 24, 2024
.” This fall, for example, the School of Medicine at Queen’s University in Canada will blindly select a predetermined number of students from a pool of applicants who meet designated GPA, MCAT and Acuity Insight’s Casper assessment test scores.
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Bringing Greater Impact
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
He joined the faculty of Connecticut College in 2003, and was an associate professor of history, director of the African American studies program as well as interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion, chair of the history department and director of the Center of the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity.
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Universities 4.0 and their role in driving place-based innovation for socio-economic transformation
HEPI
OCTOBER 28, 2024
More broadly, place-based innovation is a major driver of inclusive growth and socio-economic transformation, including the regeneration of post-industrial cities. One way these strategies are being implemented is through innovation precincts or districts.
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UAMS’ Health Career University Reaches Out to Underrepresented Students
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 22, 2023
We invite Diversity Champions to share their success strategies and best practices as a way to inspire other colleges and universities to set a new standard for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within their own campus environments.
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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
“It’s kind of like in medical school when they talk about the ‘half-life of knowledge.’ ’ The medical school dean tells graduates, ‘In five years, half of what we tell you will turn out to be false,’” said Alexei Efros, computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Nurturing Digital Learning: Unveiling the HBCU Advantage
WCET Frontiers
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In honor of this Heritage Month , we wanted to highlight the the inclusive and supportive nature of HBCUs, especially in the digital education space. A great example of such an approach is the Psychiatry Clerkship at Morehouse School of medicine. The medical school collaborated with students to build a six-week e-learning Curriculum.
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2023 Health Professions HEED Award Field Guide
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
INSIGHT Into Diversity presents the 2023 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award Field Guide with examples of strategies and best practices used by Health Professions HEED Award-winning schools to foster an inclusive campus culture that promotes belonging and equal success opportunities.
The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading
Today's Learner
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Get the “How Fellow Instructors Create an Inclusive Classroom Experience” eBook. Written by Nick K. The post The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading appeared first on The Cengage Blog.
The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading
Today's Learner
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Get the “How Fellow Instructors Create an Inclusive Classroom Experience” eBook. Written by Nick K.
How the University of Melbourne moved to digital in-place exams at scale
HEPI
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Manchester is responding to a logistical need for more assessments in repurposed spaces, particularly for the medical school where assessment is highly regulated. Get our updates via email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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Cultural Competency & Anti-Bias Programs Address Health Disparities
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
As a best practice, Health Professions HEED Award recipient schools incorporate pedagogy, projects, and training focused on anti-bias and cultural competency in both employee and student education.
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