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Why Did the United States Medical School Admissions Quota for Jews End?

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Thursday, April 11, 2019
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Edward C. Halperin M.D., M.A.
Trent History of Medicine Lecture Series

At the end of World War II anti-Semitic medical school admissions quotas were deeply entrenched in the United States. Twenty-five years later they were gone. Why did that happen and what are the implications for the current controversy regarding alleged quotas directed against Asian-Americans?

Edward C. Halperin M.D., M.A., is Chancellor/Chief Executive Officer of the New York Medical College, Valhalla NY.

Contact: Rachel Ingold