Diversity Declined at Medical Schools Barred From Considering Applicants’ Race

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Racial Diversity in the Medical Profession: The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on Underrepresented Student of Color Matriculation in Medical Schools”
Authors: Liliana M. Garces, assistant professor of higher education at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, and David Mickey-Pabello, doctoral student in sociology at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Summary: The study, published in the March/April issue of The Journal of Higher Education, attempts to gauge how medical schools’ enrollments have been affected by bans on race-conscious admissions. More...