Institutional Interventions That Remove Barriers to Recruit and Retain Diverse Biomedical PhD Students

By |2018-07-03T15:50:10-04:00July 3rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

Though the United States is experiencing significant demographic shifts, faculty and student populations in academia do not reflect those shifts, and are not representative of population diversity.  This article details interventions (and the processes and challenges related to those interventions) embarked upon by the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School [...]

Interventions Supporting the Careers of Women in Academic Medicine and Other Disciplines

By |2018-07-03T15:44:46-04:00July 3rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

This study summarizes the review of eighteen quantitative evaluations deigned to support the careers of women in academia, reporting on components of the interventions studied, including their efficacy and structural shortcomings.

Study Explores Challenges to Black Graduate Engineering Students

By |2018-07-03T15:40:40-04:00July 3rd, 2018|Uncategorized|

In seeking evidence regarding the experience of black men seeking graduate degrees in engineering, a new study finds that students were "retaining each other," within environments of structural racism, unfair treatment and feelings of isolation.  Explore this study further here.

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