The hypothesis that the demand for dental education has affected or will negatively affect the availability of dental care is tested by examining a series of questions relating to students, faculty, schools of dentistry and their parent universities, and manpower. (MSE)

The declining medical school applicant pool is examined as it affects or is affected by the profession itself, medical education, and the changing economics of health care delivery. (MSE)

To stay healthy, legal education will have to enhance greatly its information, finance, and planning capacities. In the long run, it is the interplay between the supply of aspiring students and the demand for graduates' services that provides the key to well-being of training for a profession like law. (MSE)

Issues in postdoctoral dental education and distinctions between the general practice residency and the advanced education program in general dentistry include: the need for practitioners and further specialization in the work force, society's health care needs, and changes in the health care industry, dental education, dental departments, and…

The American Association of Dental Schools' policy statement concerning expansion of postdoctoral general dentistry (PGD) training looks at the association's history, purpose, impact, kinds and quantity of student openings available, demand for training, models for expansion, mandatory training in Europe, accreditation, and finance.…

Trends in nursing toward professionalization and specialization are examined along with the implications of the general economic climate, national politics, and changing health care delivery for change in nursing education. (MSE)

Issues and trends affecting professional education for public health careers are examined, including specialization shortages, physician faculty shortages, declining federal support, and changing student demographics. (MSE)