Somnath Saha, MD, MPH; Gretchen Guiton, PhD; Paul F. Wimmers, PhD; LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD
"Most medical schools in the United States explicitly seek to engender diversity within their student bodies. Academic leaders assert that diversity within their classrooms creates a robust learning environment, exposes students to a broad array of ideas, experiences, and perspectives, and thereby better prepares them to meet the needs of a multicultural American populace. Among the many student characteristics medical schools consider in promoting diversity, race is perhaps the most contentious. Read more
Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
In Can We Talk About Race? psychologist and educator Beverly Daniel Tatum, one of our leading commentators on race and schools, analyzes some of the most resonant issues in American education and race relations. Daniel Tatum is the author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Assimilation Blues. She is the president of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Association of American Medical Colleges Facts and Figures
(enrollment demographic information for all US Medical Schools)Association of American Medical Colleges Data Site
(faculty diversity, survey results, annual reports)
Examining the Health of Chicago Communities
Department of Medicine Diversity & Cultural Affairs Council
Diversity at Northwestern Memorial Hospital NU Chicago Campus Women's Center |
