Ending Race-Conscious College Admissions and Its Potential Impact on the Infectious Disease Workforce

Overview

Journal Open Forum Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 Mar 6

PMID 38444821

Authors

Florence Momplaisir

Tanya Rogo

Ronika Alexander Parrish

Shirley Delair

Mona Rigaud

Virginia Caine

Judith Absalon

Bonnie Word

Dial Hewlett

Affiliations

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Abstract

On 29 June 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that race-conscious consideration for college admission is unconstitutional. We discuss the consequences of this ruling on the delivery of equitable care and health system readiness to combat current and emerging pandemics. We propose strategies to mitigate the negative impact of this ruling on diversifying the infectious disease (ID) workforce.

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