The diversity-performance trade-off in academic medicine
The Federal Aviation Administration’s “What We Do” webpage describes the FAA’s primary purpose: “We’re responsible for the safety of civil aviation … We issue and enforce regulations and minimum standards … [and] certify airmen.” In addition to those primary goals, the FAA has adopted a secondary objective, which was codified into law by presidential executive order: to increase the racial diversity of its workforce. As early as 2013, …
