Yet underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) physicians remain scarce in the health care work force. In fact, there is a small number of African- and Hispanic-American surgeons in the surgical work force and especially in academic surgery. One of the key barriers is a dearth of URMM ...
citizens are considered as a Non-Underrepresented Minority (Non-URM). What is a meaning of diversity? It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic ...
Note: All scenarios assume that the potential applicant is not an underrepresented minority. It is also assumed that all applicants have sufficient extracurricular activities needed for admissions. Each MCAT statistic is based on the averageMCAT scoreof eachmedical school’s incoming matriculants. Exampl...
Research indicates that access to financial aid plays a major role in a student's college decision, particularly lower-income and underrepresented minority students. According to a recent report by Ellucian, a higher ed technology solutions provider, 76% of 1,500 college students in a na...
Facebook and Pinterest require that at least one woman and one underrepresented minority be considered for every open senior position, and Twitter and Pinterest are making their hiring goals public for greater accountability. More companies will follow suit as they become increasingly intentional about ...
On Dec. 1, 2020, Nasdaq proposed a new rule requiring companies listed on the exchange to report on the diversity of their board of directors. The rule requires companies to include on their boards at least one female director and one who is a member of an underrepresented minority or LGBTQ...
plaintiffs, agreed that not considering race would lead to a substantial reduction in the number of underrepresented students of color on campus. And the numbers actually were that there would be a reduction by about 50% of underrepresented minority students at Harvard if race was not considered....
Background and objectives: Both the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) and the American Academy of Family Physicians have developed strategic plans to increase the training of underrepresented minority in medicine (URMM) family physicians to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse patient...
There have been discussions about changing the letter order of DEI to “IDE” or “EDI” to put the words “inclusion” or “equity” first in the initialism. The emphasis on diversity first is considered a more outward approach that works on recruiting employees of various races, genders, ...
“The LGBTQ+ community is underrepresented in the workplace, especially at more senior levels. As a result, manyfeel like an “only” at work and are more likely to experience microaggressions; they might feel unable to talk openly and comfortably about themselves, for example, or need ...