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June 9, 2021
Women as a percentage of medical school students nationwide in 1978: 24% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 51% The New England Journal of Medicine
Black males as a percentage of medical students nationwide in 1978: 3.1% The New England Journal of Medicine
In 2019: 2.9% The New England Journal of Medicine
Percentage of graduating medical students in who reported perceiving that faculty showed a lack of respect for diversity (in 2016 and 2017): 18% JAMA Netw Open
Percentage of Black/African American students who perceived this lack of respect (in 2016 and 2017): 37% JAMA Netw Open
Among 100 largest U.S. cities, number led by a woman mayor as of March 2021: 32 Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
Number led by a Black woman mayor: 7 Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University
Percentage of adolescents’ homes and schools within 500 meters of a deadly gun violence incident during 2014–17: 21% Health Affairs
Percentage of Americans who agree that a good way to make society better is to spotlight its problems: 29% American Press Institute
Number if U.S. school districts that have have eliminated their school police officers since the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020: 33 Education Week analysis of media clips
John O. Harney is executive editor of The New England Journal of Higher Education.
“Green Sun with Drum Major” collage by Montserrat College professor .