Formicola Allan J, Klyvert Marlene, McIntosh James, Thompson Albert, Davis Martin, Cangialosi Thomas
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery (SDOS), New York, NY 10032, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2003 May;67(5):491-9.
Recent reports have indicated the need to improve the diversity in the dental profession's workforce. The enrollment of underrepresented minority students in the nation's dental schools must increase to accomplish this goal. A complex change process within the dental schools is required to prepare schools to enroll a more diverse student body. While each dental school in the United States is unique, a product of its history and institutional culture, and will, therefore, create an environment for diversity in different ways, it is appropriate to describe lessons learned in individual schools as they strive for diversity. The purpose of this paper is to describe how one dental school, the Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery, approached diversity, so that appropriate strategies can be shared among schools.
最近的报告表明，有必要提高牙科行业劳动力的多样性。为实现这一目标，全国牙科学院中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的入学人数必须增加。牙科学院需要经历一个复杂的变革过程，以做好准备招收更加多样化的学生群体。虽然美国的每所牙科学院都独具特色，是其历史和机构文化的产物，因此会以不同方式营造多样性环境，但在各学校努力实现多样性的过程中，描述它们所吸取的经验教训是恰当的。本文的目的是描述一所牙科学院，即哥伦比亚大学牙医学院，是如何实现多样性的，以便各学校能够分享合适的策略。
