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Medical Schools Embrace Efforts Post-Affirmative Action Decision

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. Dr. Jessica Faiz. Pacific Islanders and Native Americans combined make up just 0.4% of physicians.

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Changing the Face of Nursing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s a lot of mental [acrobatics] that go on, I’ll tell you that,” says Mamie Williams, senior director for nurse diversity and inclusion at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Research has shown that a diverse team of health care providers has been linked to improved care and to financial savings. 14-18 at Vanderbilt.

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AAP’s research, assessment, and evaluation unit conducts surveys, reviews grades and hosts focus groups to collect data on the summer bridge programs. When Salcedo worked directly with Alexander, she sought his mentorship so she could strengthen her leadership skills and continue her professional development.

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Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

You might think that the teaching content in a professional vocational degree like medicine – defined by the governing body the General Medical Council ( GMC ) and detailing what a medical student should know as they exit their undergraduate programme and embark on their first day as a junior doctor – would be almost entirely prescriptive.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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5 tips for college and university presidents to support diversity, equity and inclusion

University Business

This year, higher education leaders, researchers and others are already making progress to safeguard DEI initiatives designed to foster racial equity and progress. As a result, we found many examples of thoughtful but uncoordinated efforts.

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Building a Meaningful Microcredential Program

Parchment

They conduct research. And Arthrex is a leading medical device industry that happens to have their headquarters here in Collier County in Naples, Florida. They came to us and said, you know, we’re a medical device industry. We have… medical technology. Should we create a medical device industry degree?