The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is reviewing a series of recommendations made by the Lexington chapter of the NAACP to improve recruitment and retention of black and Hispanic students. Among other things, the college should hire an independent evaluator to monitor student progress and create better diversity training for employees, the NAACP said in a May 24 letter that came after a meeting in late April between UK officials and the NAACP. The meeting “resulted in an ongoing partnership and open lines of communication between the Lexington-Fayette County NAACP and the College of Medicine to address the challenges and goal of increasing African American and Hispanic medical professionals,” Shambra Mulder, the education chairwoman of the NAACP, said in an email last week to the involved parties Continue reading →