To provide good care, physicians must understand the communities and cultures in which they work. An important way to ensure that physicians understand the lives of their patients and to reduce health disparities is to promote racial and ethnic diversity in the physician workforce. However, a crucial tool that has made such diversity possible is currently in danger. Within the next few months, ...

In Brilliant Disguise: An Empirical Analysis of a Social Experiment Banning Affirmative Action, Professor Deirdre Bowen provides a valuable service by undertaking an empirical assessment of the accuracy of some predictions associated with affirmative action bans. Her analysis suggests that minority students attending schools using affirmative action programs feel better about themselves and the...