Tag: Association of American Medical Colleges
A legacy of inequality in medical education
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own...
R.I. Medical Society proposes new medical charter school
PROVIDENCE – Pending approval from the R.I. Council on Elementary and Postsecondary Education, a very unique charter school could be launched next academic year...
Community health center urges leaders to help ease workforce crisis
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Health Center Association recently called on elected leaders at all levels to focus on the primary care workforce crisis.
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Brown’s prescription: Will latest failed merger end the university’s bid for...
The dream, as Brown University leaders described it, included Providence’s Jewelry District filled with biotech companies spun off from discoveries made by an “integrated...
Report: Teaching hospitals contribute $2.5B to local economy
PROVIDENCE – Teaching hospitals and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University supported 26,449 jobs in Rhode Island in 2017, according to an...
Report: Teaching hospitals contribute $2.5B to local economy
PROVIDENCE – Teaching hospitals and Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University supported 26,449 jobs in Rhode Island in 2017, according to...
Report: Providence female doctors see 4th-largest gender pay gap in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Local female doctors are paid 31 percent less than their male counterparts, ranking fourth among the top five largest gender wage gaps in...