Sleeth B C, Mishell R I
N Engl J Med. 1977 Nov 24;297(21):1146-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197711242972104.
To understand why blacks are under-represented in medical schools and how this situation might be changed, we analyzed statistics on medical-school applicants, medical-school students and college undergraduates. The pool of qualified black applicants to medical schools has not been large enough to achieve appropriate black representation. If black under-representation is to be corrected, the pool of qualified black applicants must be increased. Affirmative-action programs for blacks who are already in college are unlikely to be sufficient by themselves to increase the pool of black applicants substantially. Such programs should therefore be developed for high-school students.
为了理解为何黑人在医学院中所占比例过低，以及这种情况如何才能得到改变，我们分析了医学院申请者、医学院学生和大学本科生的统计数据。申请医学院的合格黑人申请者数量一直不够多，无法实现适当的黑人比例。如果要纠正黑人比例过低的问题，就必须增加合格黑人申请者的数量。仅为已进入大学的黑人实施的平权行动计划，不太可能大幅增加黑人申请者的数量。因此，应该为高中生制定此类计划。
