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5 Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education
5 Attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education
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medical schools. • Applications and matriculation of African Americans in med ical school and in graduate science and engineering programs have remained relatively flat over the past 30 to 40 years.
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Flexner stipulated that medical schools had to be connected with universities with sufficient endowments and hospitals. This requirement was a severe challenge for most medical schools that taught African Americans at the time, which Flexner termed had good intentions but were "make believe" institutions.
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Acosta first presented data related to medical school application and matriculation rates from 1980 to 2018. Medical School Applications In 1980, according to AAMC data, 2,507 Black or African American students applied to medical school, 4,344 applied in 2016, and 4,438 in 2018.
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Kellogg Foundation in 1996 and 1998 to foster more involvement by medical schools in their local school communities to expand opportunities. In addition, the AAMC's Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)
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Supreme Court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin provides useful summaries of issues involved with affirmative action in admissions.4 Medical School Matriculation In 1980, 999 Black and African American students matriculated in U.S.
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GRADUATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Turning to science and engineering disciplines, Dr. Acosta said graduate school enrollment mirrors the situation in medical schools.
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in U.S. medical schools and 92,047 males.
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SOURCE: David Acosta, Workshop Presentation, April 13, 2020, based on AAMC data.
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. Medical school faculty from HEUGS reported a number of challenges, including difficulties in acculturation, racial battle fatigue, sexual harassment, and inequity in salaries and promotion.
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DISCUSSION In response to a question from a participant about any differences in graduation rates between historically Black compared to predominantly white medical schools, Dr. Acosta said that AAMC and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education have conducted a survey to focus on attrition in residency programs.
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We have a body of people [medical schools] who control what our workforce looks like.
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2014. Roadmap to Diversity and Edu cational Excellence: Key Legal and Educational Policy Foundations for Medical School, Second Edition.
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The impact of the Flexner Report on medical education for racial and ethnic minority physicians in the United States. Academic Medicine, 85, 236–245.
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