The American journal of the medical sciences
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Editorial Historical Article
Why Did the United States Medical School Admissions Quota for Jews End?
At the end of World War II anti-Semitism was pervasive in the United States. Quotas to limit the number of Jewish students were put in place at most U. S. medical schools in the 1920s and were well-entrenched by 1945. ⋯ Finally, the federal and several state governments passed nondiscrimination in higher education legislation. The quotas ended because of a combination of changing societal attitudes and government and private social action. This remarkable social change may be instructive as higher education now grapples with allegations of a quota system for Asian-Americans.