Racial Diversity in the Medical Profession: The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on Student of Color Enrollment in Medical Schools
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Grant Type
Early Career Research Award
Description
Using methods that support causal inference and data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the study seeks to inform the public policy debate around affirmative action policies by examining whether bans on affirmative action may be having a negative impact on the racial and ethnic diversity of students in the vital area of medicine, with important long-term effects for our nation’s labor market and health care systems.
Grant Product
Racial Diversity in the Medical Profession: The Impact of Affirmative Action Bans on Underrepresented Student of Color Matriculation in Medical Schools The Journal of Higher Education 86(2): 264-294
The Effect of Affirmative Action Bans on the Representation of Students of Color in Medical Schools Focus 31(1): 29-31