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The paper looks at the relationship between how pharmacy programs handle admissions and the diversity in the healthcare workforce. The Special Committee on Admissions of the AACP was asked to assess how pharmacy programs select students, explore new approaches seen in other health professions and form suggestions for broadly looking at students who could succeed in healthcare after graduation. The committee concluded that using traditional measures such as GPA and PCAT is not strong enough to predict a student’s ability in the medical profession and these measures might limit access to other candidates. To address challenges facing the profession, the committee has suggested using holistic review processes that match cognitive and non-cognitive skills, developing focused recruitment plans and preparing united guidelines for admission at universities. The paper points out that by developing a workforce with different backgrounds, community pharmacies can provide culturally aware care, address health differences experienced by many communities and benefit from different approaches to solving problems. Most of these recommendations can help identify students who are motivated and skilled to act as leaders so they benefit all parts of society.