The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU)The Association of Public and Land-Grant UniversitiesThe Association of American Medical Colleges2019-06-272019-06-272018http://hdl.handle.net/10919/90686The participation of underrepresented individuals in the biomedical sciences, as well as in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields is a critical issue affecting our nation’s health and the future of research. By 2050, less than 50 percent of the general population will be non-Hispanic whites, making the U.S. a majority-minority country (United States Census Bureau [US Census], 2014). In higher education, a diverse learning environment increases students’ exploration of diverse perspectives, reduces levels of racial prejudice, and increases tolerance of alternative points of view and other human differences. This report provides a set of specific actions—including pilots, cross-institutional studies, and analysis of national datasets—to strengthen the scientific evidence needed to guide university interventions in the future.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationaleducation, higher--government policyequal educational opportunitySTEM careersdevelopment partnerships in higher educationReporthttp://www.aplu.org/library/increasing-diversity-in-the-biomedical-research-workforce/file