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Download full textNew England Board of Higher Education, Winchester, MA. – 1972
New England faces a critical shortage of over 1,200 veterinarians by 1980. In 1968 there were only 8.2 practicing veterinarians for every 100,000 New Englanders--5 fewer than the national average, and less than half as many as will be needed by the end of the present decade. The major problem arises from the fact that there has been no college of…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Higher Education, Labor Needs, Professional Education
New England Board of Higher Education, Wellesley, MA. New England Library Information Network. – 1973
This report documents the need for and presents well-founded recommendations for the establishment of a college of veterinary medicine to serve New England and New Jersey. The need for a veterinary medicine college is discussed in relation to today's veterinarians, and future shortage estimations. Major recommendations suggest that (1) a regional…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Health Personnel, Higher Education, Medical Education
PDF pending restorationRoos, Thomas B. – 1969
Questionnaires were sent to all of the medical, dental, veterinary, and public health schools in the United States and to selected degree-granting U.S. schools of nursing, medical technology, and pharmacy. The data collected included type of biological prerequisites for each school and role of preparatory courses in the admissions policy. A…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Biological Sciences, College Science
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1986
Information is presented on the number and characteristics of health professionals in the United States, students preparing to enter these fields, and the schools in which they are enrolled. Developments and issues currently affecting these health personnel and the possible impact of these trends on health care delivery are considered. Included is…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dental Schools, Dentists, Employment Patterns
Urban and Rural Systems Associates, San Francisco, CA. – 1976
The study focused on eight health professions: medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, and public health. Its central tasks were to identify and explore the barriers to success that women face as medical/professional school applicants and students and to describe the discrimination process that limits…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1977
The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976, signed into law on Oct. 12, 1976, extends health mampower training authorities through fiscal year 1980 with significant changes to meet national needs. The law (PL 94-484), which amends Title VII of the Public Health Service Act and other laws, is designed primarily to produce more…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
