PRESSURES GROW WHILE THE FOUNDATIONS CRUMBLE
"Riches-to-rags" rumors are becoming almost as much a part of commencement day as congratulations and the Hippocratic Oath.
As memories of the past school year lead to musings about the next, more and more people are beginning to ask which medical schools may not open in the fall, which prestigious "have" institutions are now revealed as financial "have nots."
At a time when medical schools are being pressed to produce MDs at a faster rate, many institutions apparently have trouble making ends meet. No schools have as yet closed—and none may—but many administrators are sounding the alarm.
The situation has become so serious at some places that the physician's annual donation will no longer be enough. His alma mater may need active support in trying to effect basic changes in the mechanisms of financing medical education.
Efforts to recruit the physician may appeal
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