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Study: Black Medical Students Experience Higher Rates of Attrition Than Peers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study by Yale University finds that Black students are more likely to leave medical school than their white peers. programs between 2004 and 2012, following their enrollment status through 2020. students are 83% more likely than white students to leave medical school, and 20% of Black M.D.-Ph.D. Mytien Nguyen, an M.D.-Ph.D.

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Doing What’s Right

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also the founding chairperson of the department of surgery and the first associate dean for post-graduate medical education at the Aga Khan University in Karachi. CBEC, inaugurated in 2004, is the only bioethics center specific in its focus on bioethics research and education in Pakistan, according to Moazam.

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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Institutions, including medical and scientific institutions, have treated Black and Brown citizens “terribly over the centuries,” said Corbett-Helaire, which spreads their understandable mistrust. “I million Black students who took the SAT between 2004 and 2010, revealed that students who enrolled at an HBCU were 14.6

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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Others argue that the correlation between lecture attendance and performance is weak at best (Horton, Wiederman, & Saint, 2012; Walbeek, 2004). Edit: Teaching Matters has recently published a mini-series about Lecture Recording in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475.

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Enabling equitable access

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

CC0 [Pexels] As academics, I believe that we have a responsibility to create opportunities for equitable access to higher education. She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2004, and has recently completed the Edinburgh Teaching Award towards Senior Fellow. A/RES/70/1. Dec 12, 2017

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Assessing students through online role-playing

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Role-playing can be used to directly link learning to a students’ real life experience, while also being a safe space to explore challenging opinions (Oberle 2004). Higher Education Research & Development , 27(1), pp.55-67. Assessment for learning in higher education. References Hounsell, D., Hounsell, J.

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Achieving and maintaining a healthy balance between physical, emotional, and social functioning is critical for psychological wellness and optimal academic performance in higher education. We urge higher education institutions to prioritize culture when implementing mental health programs and strategies. Dance (e.g.,