Effective admissions practices to achieve greater student diversity in dental schools

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 74, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Price, Shelia S ^a   Grant Mills, Donna ^b  

^a West Virginia University School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions committee; Dental school admissions; Dental students; Holistic file review; Underrepresented minority students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLIC POLICY; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958158876     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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