MoH residents (n = 83) were more likely to rate clinical competency "preferential" than university residents (n = 32) (69.2%, n = 83 MoH vs 51.6% university, p = 0.02, OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.02-1.75).
At least, that's how it's been since this spring, when news broke that student-loan companies had been using unsavory and possibly illegal tactics to get preferential treatment from university financial-aid officers.
He replaced affirmative action, which gave minorities preferential places in universities, with a plan guaranteeing a state-university place to the top fifth of students in every school.
Affirmative action measures give Dalits preferential access to universities and government jobs.
To atone for the injustices inflicted on their forefathers, these groups have been granted favours, such as preferential access to universities or jobs.
Long boasting the highest scores on standardised tests among minority groups, Asians have never needed preferential treatment from universities, and are now benefiting from the new system.
Though her ambition was to be a veterinarian, Ms. Miljo said, she was thwarted by a West German policy of giving veterans preferential admissions to universities.
His recipe for restoring the "people's army" includes more sparing use of exemptions, dishonourable discharges for suspected shirkers and preferential treatment at universities for ex-combat troops.Most controversially of all, he complained publicly that the army's ethos of self-sacrifice had deteriorated to the point where it valued soldiers' lives too highly to get the job done.
On the other hand, some Han citizens view Uyghurs as benefiting from special treatment, such as preferential admission to universities and exemption from the one-child policy, and as "harbouring separatist aspirations".
Robert M. Gates, the president of Texas A&M, acted last week after local lawmakers, members of Congress and community groups held news conferences across the state to denounce the university's preferential treatment of legacies.
