A Medical School That Looks More Like California

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 20, 2024 - 9:40am

How does �ٺ��Ƶ School of Medicine make admissions equitable? A holistic review ensures that a diverse group of students enters the medical field.

Socio-Economic Factors Influence Student-Athlete Identity, Study Finds

Karen Michele Nikos — August 14, 2017 - 11:00am

Think high school sports are played on a level field? Think again. A new study finds that young men’s identities as student-athletes are heavily influenced by precisely the socio-economic factors that sports supposedly transcend.

Jeffrey O. Sacha, a postdoctoral fellow in sociology at the University of California, Davis, surveyed 534 male student-athletes from three Los Angeles high schools during the 2014-15 academic year, conducting in-depth interviews with 20 from each school.

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