Faculty and Students Criticize Med School Admissions Report

Several students and faculty members of the Medical School yesterday criticized findings of the Admissions Review Committee, established by Dr. Robert H. Ebert, dean of the Medical School, to study the admissions process.

Yesterday afternoon more than 75 first-year medical students met with F. Sargent Cheever '32, chairman of the review committee and next year's director of admissions, and Dr. Leon Eisenberg, the current chairman of the admissions committee, to clarify certain aspects of the report.

Following the meeting, a student who asked not to be identified, said the students are afraid of "losing the diversity of the class" as a result of the proposed changes in the admissions structure.

"They don't know how to pick the class--now they say, why not look to more faculty and alumni offspring. They are systematically taking away the defenses against this kind of thing," the student said.

David D. Potter, professor of Neurobiology, said yesterday the proposed procedures, which he described as more centralized, may help those who have traditionally benefited most and not those who haven't."

'Step Forward'

He called the minimum goals the report sets for minorities and women--equal to the percentage of minorities in the U.S. in the former case and parity with men in the latter--a "step forward," but noted that "there is no mention of the dilemma of poor people."

Dr. Dorothy B. Villee, principal research associate in Pediatrics and a member of the review committee, said last night that the problem of the socio-economically disadvantaged is being discussed at the moment. She said if Cheever feels there is a need, modifications may be made in the report.

Villee also said diversity has to "be built into the composition of the committee."