Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
For the first time ever, more women than men are going to med school in the US
According to new data, female students joining courses at US medical schools outnumber male students for the first time in history.
Amy X. Wang is a reporting fellow at Quartz. She covers media and the business of education—though she also occasionally writes on architecture, transportation, and a handful of other topics. Before coming to Quartz, she reported on business and culture for The Atlantic, Slate, and The Economist. She holds a B.A. from Yale University, where she studied postwar literature and edited the news section of the Yale Daily News. She was born in Beijing and speaks French and Mandarin.
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Education and Skills
One of America's Ivy League schools is eliminating student loans
Beginning next school year, Brown University will eliminate all student loans in its undergraduate financial aid packages, replacing them with scholarships.
Education and Skills
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Leadership
Why workers are having to train themselves
A new report suggests that employees are spending much more time on self-directed learning, than on employer training.
Education and Skills
Will the drive to improve STEM education in the US work?
President Obama has a $4 billion proposal to bring computer science to K-12 students across the US. Will it work?
Leadership
What sets great leaders apart from their peers?
A 10-year longitudinal study on US business executives reveals what it is exactly that sets the most successful leaders apart from their peers.
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