Fulfilling the Promise of Patient-Centered Care: Dismantling Framings that Foster Health Disparities
Dina Refki, Rukhsana Ahmed, and Jeanette Altarriba University at Albany, State University of New York The Institute of Medicine (2001)...
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Jun 23, 2017
Urban Universities for HEALTH: Collaborating to Advance Health Equity
Not all Americans have the same opportunities to live in good health. Evidence shows that individuals identifying as minorities suffer...
Jun 9, 2017
All Hands on Deck: Partnering with Faculty to Redefine Excellence for Our Students and University
“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...
Jun 2, 2017
Web-Based Toolkit Helps Universities Advance Community Health Equity
More than 60 million Americans live in areas without enough health care providers to meet demand – primarily in minority and low-income...
May 15, 2017
What Can Leaders Do to Improve Campus Climate?
In late 2015, the University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe resigned after weeks of student protests. What were the students’...
Apr 7, 2017
Supporting Minority Postdocs
Nearly 50 years ago, the National Academies described postdocs as the “invisible university,” because their contributions to cutting-edge...
Feb 10, 2017
OPINION: Higher Ed Civic Engagement In The Post-Ferguson Era Means We Get Uncomfortable
Over the last few years the events in Ferguson, Baltimore and Charleston have elevated the need for fresh discussion in the higher...
Jan 27, 2017
Diverse Faculty Hiring: Promising Practices
A diverse faculty body is essential for excellence in research, teaching, service, and patient care, and contributes to a climate of...
Jan 18, 2017
B-STAR: A Pathway to Success
Transitioning to college life can be a challenge, even for the most talented of students. The first few months are critical – students...
Dec 16, 2016
Addressing Unconscious Bias in Higher Education
Whether you like it or not, everyone has bias. The way we perceive the world is influenced by the environments in which we grew up,...
Oct 21, 2016
Holistic Review in Graduate Admissions: What We Need to Know
The pathway to becoming a scientist leads through graduate school, and graduate admissions committees are the gatekeepers. How do they...
Aug 12, 2016
OPINION: A Medical Student’s Perspective on Holistic Review
As the healthcare landscape in America continues to change after the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, we are seeing an even more...
Jul 29, 2016
Building a More Diverse Biomedical Research Workforce
“There just aren’t enough minority scholars in the STEM pipeline.” “Underrepresented students get so many scholarship offers, there’s no...
Mar 24, 2016
The Transition Coaching Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago Transitioning from high school to college is rarely seamless. Many students...
Mar 4, 2016
Florida International University’s High Tech Fix for Gateway Courses
Florida international University (FIU) knew it had a teaching problem. It even had a solution. Bringing the two together was the...
Mar 1, 2016
Building Fresno State’s K-16 Pipeline
A picture is worth a thousand words. This one has 1,002. A bright-eyed Latina stands radiant in graduation cap and gown, her arms raised...
Feb 22, 2016
New Report & Implementation Guide Urge Use of Micro-Grants to Turn Would-Be College Dropouts int
Photo Credit; University of Illinois at Chicago In an effort to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out,...
Feb 2, 2016
Small Grants Produce Big Results to Push Students Across the College Finish Line
Photo credit: Georgia State University Nearly everyone has had, or will have, an unexpected financial need. The car breaks down. A child...
May 11, 2015
New evidence suggests faculty cluster hiring can improve diversity, campus climate
The USU convened an advisory group of provosts and other experts on faculty hiring to conduct a qualitative research study. Now, after...
Mar 31, 2015
Recruitment in the 21st Century: University of Cincinnati harnesses social media to create pathways
“I know I’m supposed to go to college after high school, but is it really worth it?” This question, asked by high school student Patience...
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