Harvard Medical School rejects U.S. News rankings
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data. The dean of the No.
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Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data. The dean of the No.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 24, 2023
The exodus follows Harvard medical school and a contingent of law schools rejecting the listings.
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Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 6, 2024
The charitable group is also giving $5 million to the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, which is slated to open in New Orleans.
HEPI
OCTOBER 27, 2022
In 2016, the then Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, promised that medical schools in England would be allowed to offer up to 1,500 extra training places a year with a view to making the NHS self-sufficient in doctors by 2025. Yet strict caps remain on the number of medical students that can be recruited. Number caps.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 11, 2023
The methodology changes follow an exodus of institutions from those rankings that began last year.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 23, 2024
Will Free Medical School Diversify the Physician Workforce? kathryn.palmer… Tue, 04/23/2024 - 03:00 AM A slew of medical colleges have gone tuition-free in recent years. But experts say it’s not enough to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the medical field. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
Two-thirds of surveyed schools have a plan to diversify faculty recruitment, but less than half of promotion and tenure policies reward faculty DEI work.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies on Tuesday said it would donate $600 million to strengthen the endowments of the four historically Black medical schools in the U.S.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Are 3 Years of Medical School as Good as 4? kathryn.palmer… Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 AM The number of accelerated medical degree programs has tripled over the past decade. New research shows that outcomes are similar to those of four-year programs. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 5, 2024
Bloomberg has committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science will benefit from the gift by the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
JULY 8, 2024
This raises challenges and opportunities for medical schools. Instructors are integrating AI and ML into curricula to train medical students to practice medicine in the real world, says Dr. Bernard Chang, dean for medical education at Harvard Medical School, which is creating an AI in medicine doctorate track. “We
Insight Into Diversity
MAY 9, 2023
As medical school applications return to pre-pandemic levels, greater numbers of women, Black, and Hispanic applicants continue to matriculate into these institutions, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Skorton, MD, AAMC president and CEO, has said.
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.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 14, 2023
The centre at Worcester University could be forced to train only overseas students, who are unlikely to remain in Britain A new school set up to boost the number of doctors in England has been told it will not receive any funding for domestic students – meaning that in future it may only be able to give places to those coming in from overseas.
University Business
AUGUST 6, 2024
Bloomberg, the billionaire and former New York City mayor, is giving $600 million to the country’s four historically Black medical schools, which account for a significant percentage of all medical degrees awarded to Black doctors. Read more from The New York Times.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 18, 2023
Training more doctors isn't as simple as raising the caps on medical school places. David Kernohan learns the true cost of medical training The post Why can’t we just have more medical student places? appeared first on Wonkhe.
University Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. Read more from The New York Times.
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.,
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 12, 2023
medical schools have increasingly come from households with higher incomes, according to a Yale-led study. The findings of the study – published May 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) – show disparities in access to medical education and could have negative impacts on patient care, according to researchers.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
RISD’s rejection of the controversial lists is the first since law and medical schools began a recent exodus.
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.
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 8, 2022
As a debate about medical school places continues, Charlie Sellar urges a focus on the social make-up of those medical trainees. The post Why do students have to suffer when taking on a medical degree? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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.
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.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 11, 2023
Medical School Cancels Forum Expected to Criticize Diversity Efforts Scott Jaschik Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:14 AM
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2024
Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center has received a $400 million donation from Roy Vagelos, a former pharmaceutical CEO, and his wife, Diana Vagelos, the university announced Thursday.
FIRE
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Less than a week after FIRE raised concerns about compelled speech at the University of Minnesota Medical School, the university assured us no student would face repercussions for refusing to say a political oath at its white coat ceremony. . This is a welcome result at a public medical school bound by the First Amendment.
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.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black university, and Ochsner Health, a health-care system in the state, announced plans to jointly establish a new medical school. The goal is to help diversify the medical workforce in Louisiana and nationwide. Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Retired clarinetist Edward Avedisian has donated $100 million to the Boston University medical school, the university announced Thursday. Avedisian, a BU alumnus, spent nearly four decades playing clarinet with the Boston Pops and Boston Ballet Orchestra while amassing a fortune in personal investments on the side, according to BU.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
aid to foreign medical colleges. He said that some overseas medical schools are exempt from meeting the minimum standards to which other foreign medical schools are held: that at least 60 percent of their enrollment must be non-U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has introduced a bill to limit U.S.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Swiss biotech executive and philanthropist Ernesto Bertarelli has pledged $75 million to Harvard Medical School to advance scientific discovery and a “culture of entrepreneurship,” the university announced Tuesday. Construction is expected to begin this year and end in 2025.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 12, 2023
A white man filed a suit against six Texas medical schools Tuesday, charging them with illegally considering issues of race and gender when rejecting him, The Texas Tribune reported. He scored a 511 out of a possible 528 on the exam required for medical school admission, known as the MCAT. The lawsuit comes as the U.S.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Universities UK, the Medical Schools Council, and the Council of Deans of Health have responded to the NHS long-term workforce plan with a call for thoughtful reform of medical and healthcare provision and funding.
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.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 24, 2023
Rutgers University’s University Senate voted no confidence in President Jonathan Holloway over plans to merge the university’s two medical schools, at New Brunswick and at Newark, NorthJersey.com reported.
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.
University Business
JULY 23, 2024
News & World Report on Tuesday published its list of the 2024 Best Medical Schools , but you won’t find where your institution ranks anywhere on the report. ” That also means that the list of best medical schools no longer covers specialties such as anesthesiology, surgery and family medicine.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 12, 2023
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Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
A committee at Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently voted to integrate climate change into the curriculum for MD students. These topics will be embedded through a student’s medical education to help enhance the care they are able to provide to future patients who have been impacted by climate change.
University Business
JANUARY 18, 2024
More than a century later, amid a nationwide shortage in primary care doctors, Duquesne is getting its medical school. The post A century in the making, Duquesne University opens its new medical school appeared first on University Business. Read more from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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.
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.
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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