Certain Minority Groups get the Upper Hand?

[dpari]

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[NCRxgal]

There used to be a link to race/gender specific application/acceptance data in the FAQ, but AACP took the document off their site or moved it. The percent of black students being accepted into schools is on par with the percent of black citizens in the US; Blacks are not underrepresented in pharmacy. They may be underrepresented at some schools, because of concentration in HBCs. If there were no HBCs, I presume that students would distribute more evenly among all of the universities. It's not as if HBCs are accepting less qualified candidates. Personally, I see the concentration phenomenon as negatively impacting diversity in our profession.

I'm not sure exactly what you are referring to when you say "the problem". I don't believe profession-wide underrepresentation is an issue for blacks at this time. Is it the assumptions part? I think we have to lead by example and teach others not to assume things as we go along. I don't have any better ideas.

"Despite steady growth over the last 15 years, underrepresented minority enrollment remains low at U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy compared to our nation’s population. Minority enrollment increased from 12 percent in 1997 to 14 percent in 2003, but of that 14 percent, 42 percent were enrolled in the five historically black institutions, and the University of Puerto Rico." (AACP webpage).

http://www.aacp.org/site/tertiary.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=880&DID=6692

Trends in underrepresented minorities (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans)matriculation in pharmacy are slightly on the rise, however, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you deny that large disparities remain still remain even with the prevalence of HBCUs. I stilll believe that progress is very much on the way, but committment and effort must still be continued. Thanks for the comment though, you definately struck my curiousity about the issue.

 

[bananaface]

"Despite steady growth over the last 15 years, underrepresented minority enrollment remains low at U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy compared to our nation’s population. Minority enrollment increased from 12 percent in 1997 to 14 percent in 2003, but of that 14 percent, 42 percent were enrolled in the five historically black institutions, and the University of Puerto Rico." (AACP webpage).

http://www.aacp.org/site/tertiary.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=880&DID=6692

Trends in underrepresented minorities (Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans)matriculation in pharmacy are slightly on the rise, however, you would be doing yourself a disservice if you deny that large disparities remain still remain even with the prevalence of HBCUs. I stilll believe that progress is very much on the way, but committment and effort must still be continued. Thanks for the comment though, you definately struck my curiousity about the issue.

According to the 2000 census 12.3 percent of Americans are black, or 12.9 percent if you include those who consider black as a secondary classification. I am not seeing how enrollment rates of 12 or 14 percent could be construed as underrepresentation.

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh00.pdf

 

[ultracet]

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on a side note...

you may want to take Pharm. D. Candidate out of your signature...
most would not consider you such
Just thought i'd let you know....

There are some disparities as to when the term is appropriate (prior to didactic work completed vs. completion of didactic work) but I do believe a general consensus could be reached that if you have not yet even stepped foot in a classroom you cannot be considered such.

You may want to watch out for this in the future as I believe typically in your area of the country the prevalant mode of thinking is after all didactic work is completed and you do not want to be embarassed later on.

 

[bananaface]

on a side note...

you may want to take Pharm. D. Candidate out of your signature...
most would not consider you such
Just thought i'd let you know....

There are some disparities as to when the term is appropriate (prior to didactic work completed vs. completion of didactic work) but I do believe a general consensus could be reached that if you have not yet even stepped foot in a classroom you cannot be considered such.

You may want to watch out for this in the future as I believe typically in your area of the country the prevalant mode of thinking is after all didactic work is completed and you do not want to be embarassed later on.

I agree. Calling yourself a candidate prior to enrollment is not accurate or appropriate. In some areas it may be permissible upon enrollment. But, never before.

 

[dgroulx]

I agree. Calling yourself a candidate prior to enrollment is not accurate or appropriate. In some areas it may be permissible upon enrollment. But, never before.

Yeah, it's best to wait until you're on rotations in your last year.