Something you should know
AAMC Opposes State Ballot Initiatives to End Race-Conscious Admissions
Policies and Hiring Practices
Washington, D.C., September 16, 2008 - During the upcoming
national election on November 4, Colorado and Nebraska residents will
be asked to vote on ballot initiatives banning race and gender-conscious
programming for all public, state-funded programs-including school admissions
and employee recruitment practices. AAMC (Association of American Medical
Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following
statement today in opposition to these two ballot measures:
"The nation's medical schools must be able to consider racial and ethnic
diversity in selecting students and recruiting faculty in order to produce
an effective physician workforce prepared to meet the health care needs
of our increasingly diverse society. Passage of these ballot initiatives
will harm the ability of Colorado and Nebraska medical schools to meet
those needs, and may reverse the progress the nation has made toward diversity.
Any law that hampers attempts to increase diversity in the medical profession
will have a chilling effect on academic environments, hinder efforts to
increase the physician workforce, and potentially compromise equal access
to quality health care for all Americans. The AAMC strongly urges Colorado
and Nebraska residents to vote 'NO' on these ballot initiatives."
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