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Autor/in | Tekian, Ara |
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Titel | Minority Students, Affirmative Action, and the Admission Process: A Survey of 15 Medical Schools. |
Quelle | In: Academic Medicine, 73 (1998) 9, S.986-92 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1040-2446 |
Schlagwörter | Admission Criteria; Admissions Officers; Affirmative Action; Allied Health Occupations Education; College Admission; Diversity (Student); Economically Disadvantaged; Educationally Disadvantaged; Higher Education; Medical Education; Medical Schools; Minority Groups; Professional Education; Surveys |
Abstract | Survey of admission directors at 12 medical schools with the largest underrepresented minority (URM) populations found diversity in the makeup of admissions committees and weighting of quantitative and qualitative factors. Although no school gave URM status a specific weight, one added points to a diversity index used as a quantitative measure. Focus on economic and educational disadvantage is increasing. (Author/MSE) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |