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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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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.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

“Starting from the fall of 2026, all Ontario medical schools will be required to allocate at least 95% of all undergraduate seats to residents of Ontario, with the other 5% reserved for students from the rest of Canada,” said Ford in a press briefing on October 25.

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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

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

International students attending medical schools in the Caribbean are being saddled with huge loan debts while facing limited chances of securing residency positions needed to become practising doctors, a new study has said. The medical students face two major barriers in achieving their goal of becoming physicians.

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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.

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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.

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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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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

Broad descriptors of class fail to capture the full picture of underrepresentation, writes Dr Katie Petty-Saphon , while Dr Carl Darby says working-class grit is a useful quality in the NHS Medical schools believe that individuals with the potential to make a good doctor should be given the opportunity to do so, regardless of their background.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

These new bodies, formed after replacing the decades-old Medical Act of 1959, aim to enhance academic standards, foster ethical practices, and position the Philippines as a competitive player in global medical education. The MBBS program spans six years in the Philippines, with the final year dedicated to internship opportunities.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 11, 2023

Medical School Cancels Forum Expected to Criticize Diversity Efforts Scott Jaschik Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:14 AM

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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