BALANCING THE SCALES OF OPPORTUNITY -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- FINDINGS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM -- Need to Improve Health Services for Minorities -- Professional Development for All Personnel -- Loss in Economic Productivity -- Influencing and Improving Public Policy -- Facilitating Institutional Change -- Community Leadership and Advocacy -- Relevance to Health Care Reform -- Relevance to Reform in Public Education -- 2 Factors That Define the Pipeline -- WHERE THE LEAK BEGINS -- Medical School -- The Admissions Process -- Other Health Professions Schools -- Allied Health -- FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH MINORITY UNDERREPRESENTATION -- Overt Racism or Lack of Concern? -- Problems in Funding -- Lack of Institutional Commitment -- Regents of California v. Bakke -- Individual and Community Responsibilities -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Lessons from Successful Programs -- MEDICAL SCHOOL LEVEL -- The Admissions Process -- Fostering Academic Careers -- Faculty Development -- POSTBACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS -- COLLEGE PROGRAMS -- College-Level Summer Program -- Faculty Development -- UNIVERSITY OUTREACH -- HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM -- COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS -- SUMMARY -- 4 Sharing Visions and Working Toward the Future -- BUILDING THE VISION -- Improved Mathematics and Science Learning -- Commitment to Excellence -- Collaborative Efforts -- Value on Diversity -- The Right Attitude for Learning -- Culturally Sensitive Communications -- Mentorship -- Improved Evaluation and Dissemination Efforts -- Improved, Coordinated Resources -- Improving Health Services for Minorities -- MOVING THE VISION FORWARD -- Community-Wide Initiative -- Commitment and Initiatives of Academic Health Centers -- The Media and Health Careers -- SUMMARY -- References.

A: Listing of Workshop Participants and Commissioned Papers -- WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS -- COMMISSIONED PAPERS -- B: Further Sources of Information -- REFERENCES -- PROGRAMS.