The Case for Minority Admissions

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IN 1970 the Association of American Medical Colleges set a goal of 12 per cent minority representation in American medical schools by the 1975–76 academic year. This goal was not achieved. First-year minority enrollment peaked at 10 per cent in 1974–75, but by 1976–77 was down to 9.1 per cent.1 In New York City medical schools, minorities now make up only 6.9 per cent of the first-year class, 1.5 per cent less than the figure of five years earlier.2 A decade ago affirmative action for minorities was considered to be "an idea whose time has come." Recently, however, serious questions . . .

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