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Speech-Language-Hearing
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Institutional Profiles

In this section, we spotlight specific institutions for their commitment to promoting diversity in the health professions.

These schools have shown vision, leadership, and creativity in implementing what administrators in the health education field refer to as "best practice" models.

In other words, these schools have found innovative ways to rise above recent affirmative action rulings. They are continuing to provide opportunities for students from under-represented populations to pursue a health professions education, often despite daunting personal and economic challenges.

If you know of an educational institution that is exemplary in this way, please let us know! Review our Call for Profiles for instructions to nominate a best practice institution to be profiled.

New Jersey Dental School

Dedicated to recruiting students from underrepresented minorities, so graduates can reach out to all communities

New Jersey Dental School—one of the eight schools of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—was founded in 1956 and has a proud tradition of educational excellence. Since its inception, the school has been dedicated to recruiting students from underrepresented minorities, so graduates can reach out to all communities. Read more

Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University

The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University, is the second oldest dental school in continuous existence, chartered 134 years ago in 1863. Read more

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