End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity

Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions

Published on
May 4, 2022
Last updated
May 4, 2022
Paul Basken
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#1 Submitted by stephen... on May 5, 2022 - 10:19am
Authority is delegated to the professions on the assumption that they will act in the public interest. It's hard to get enthusiastic about having a medical profession that selects its members for training for some reason other than ability and ascertained suitability.

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