Dimensions of Diversity and Perception of Having Learned from Individuals from Different Backgrounds: The Particular Importance of Racial Diversity

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 937-945

  Morrison, Emory ^a   Grbic, Douglas ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LEARNING; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943602537     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000675     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. (2012). Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. 132 US 1536
2. (2003). Grutter v. Bollinger. 539 US 306
3. (2003). Gratz v. Bollinger. 539 US 244
4. (1978). Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. 438 US 265
5. Bowen WG, Bok D, The Shape of the River: Long Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions 1998 Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press
6. Chang MJ, Does racial diversity matter? The educational impact of a racially diverse undergraduate population. J Coll Stud Dev 1999 40 377 395
7. Chang MJ, Denson N, Saenz V, Misa K, The educational benefits of sustaining cross-racial interaction among undergraduates. J Higher Educ 2006 77 430 455
8. Pike GR, Kuh GD, Relationships among structural diversity, informal peer interactions and perceptions of the campus climate. Rev Higher Educ 2006 29 425 450
9. Pike GR, Kuh GD, Gonyea RM, Evaluating the rationale for affirmative action in college admissions: Direct and indirect relationships between campus diversity and gains in understanding diverse groups. J Coll Stud Dev 2007 48 166 182
10. Saha S, Guiton G, Wimmers PF, Wilkerson L, Student body racial and ethnic composition and diversity-related outcomes in US medical schools. JAMA 2008 300 1135 1145
11. Umbach PD, Kuh GD, Student experiences with diversity at liberal arts colleges: Another claim for distinctiveness. J Higher Educ 2006 77 169 192
12. Gurin P, Dey EL, Hurtado S, Gurin G, Diversity and higher education: Theory and impact on educational outcomes. Harv Educ Rev 2002 72 330 366
13. Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Diversity and Inclusion. About: Definition of Diversity. https://www.aamc.org/members/gdi/about/. Accessed January 7, 2015
14. Liaison Committee on Medical Education Standards for Accreditation of Medical Education Programs Leading to the M.D. Degree 2011 Washington, DC Liaison Committee on Medical Education
15. Whitla DK, Orfield G, Silen W, Teperow C, Howard C, Reede J, Educational benefits of diversity in medical school: A survey of students. Acad Med 2003 78 460 466
16. Association of American Medical Colleges Medical School Graduate Questionnaire: 2011 All School Summary Report 2012 Washington, DC Association of American Medical Colleges. https://www.aamc.org/download/300448/data/2012gqallschoolssummaryreport.pdf. Accessed January 7, 2015
17. Grbic D, Jones DJ, Case ST, Effective Practices for Using AAMC Socioeconomic Status Indicators in Medical School Admissions. March 2013 Washington, DC Association of American Medical Colleges. https://www.aamc.org/download/330166/data/seseffectivepractices.pdf. Accessed January 7, 2015
18. Greene WH, Econometric Analysis 2011 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall
19. StataCorp Stata Statistical Software: Release 12 2011 College Station, Tex StataCorp LP. http://www.stata.com/stata12/. Accessed January 7, 2015
20. Long JS, Freese J, Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata 2003 College Station, Tex Stata Press
21. Brief for Amici Curiae Association of American Medical Colleges et al. in Support of Respondents, pg. #, Fisher v University of Texas at Austin. No. 11-345 (U.S. cert. granted Feb. 21, 2012). http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/supreme-court-preview/briefs/11-345-resp-amcu-aamc.authcheckdam.pdf. Accessed January 7, 2015
22. Kahlenberg RD, The Remedy: Class, Race, and Affirmative Action 1997 New York, NY Harper Collins Publishers
23. Morrison E, Grbic D, The relationship between racial and ethnic diversity in a class and students' perceptions of having learned from others. AAMC Analysis in Brief 2013 13 6. https://www.aamc.org/download/362154/data/november2013analysisinbrief-impactofracialandethnicdiversity.pdf. Accessed January 7, 2015