ADEA Bulletin of Dental Education

Bulletin of Dental Education

Midwestern University Foundation Launches Cost-Saving Private Loan Program to Help Students

Finance, Students | Permanent link
The Midwestern University Foundation has launched a new loan program for its graduate health professions students, which will reduce costs to borrowers and help them better manage their educational debt.
Published On 2015-08-12

Examining the Cost of Higher Education and Student Borrowing

Finance, Learning, ADEA Events and Activities | Permanent link
ADEA’s latest report, A Report of the ADEA Presidential Task Force on the Cost of Higher Education and Student Borrowing, is now available online.
Published On 2013-09-10

A Rounded View of Student Debt

Career, Finance, News, Students | Permanent link
By Nicole Fauteux “We’re number 1 ” joked Robert Hann at the start of his talk. Mr. Hann, who will soon be graduating from the  University of Southern California Ostrow School of Dentistry  (USC), appeared to be boasting, but in
Published On 2013-05-01

Last Call for Meetings in the Fall [September 2011]

Conferences and Meetings, Finance, Involvement, Leadership, Oral Health | Permanent link

This is it: Registration closes September 12, 2011, for the ADEA BFACA Mid Year Meeting, and September 16, 2011 for the ADEA Fall 2011 Meetings.

Published On 2011-09-01

Subsidies to Stafford Loans to Graduate and Professional Students End

Access, Finance, Students | Permanent link

On August 2, 2011, President Obama signed into law S. 365, the Budget Control Act of 2011. The legislation ended subsidies on Stafford loans for graduate and professional students for periods of instruction starting after July 1, 2012. Students in degree programs that take lengthy periods to complete (such as dental, medicine, law, and doctoral programs) will be hardest hit.

Published On 2011-09-01

Special Fiscal Year 2011 Coverage

Faculty, Finance, General, Leadership | Permanent link
Though signs of economic recovery are slowing emerging in some sectors, academic dental institutions across the United States and Canada are still dealing with the repercussions of the financial meltdown. Some institutions have seen slight improvements in endowments and investments, but this number is dwarfed by the institutions affected by cuts to funding.
Published On 2010-07-01

Crisis in California: Keeping Priorities Straight

Faculty, Finance | Permanent link
While schools across the country face tough economic times, the situation has been particularly challenging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Dentistry. The state of California is facing unprecedented funding shortages, and s a state school, UCSF feels the impact through reduced direct support and the elimination of state programs.
Published On 2010-07-01

Minnesota's New Normal: Meeting the Mission in an Environment of Increased Ambiguity and Reduced Funding

Finance | Permanent link
No one can say that dental schools have a proprietary lock on dealing with financial challenges. What can be said is that the breadth and magnitude of the current economic downturn is different from any we've seen before.
Published On 2010-07-01

ADEA and AADR Launch Innovative Faculty Recruitment Program for Students

Curriculum, Faculty, Finance, Learning, Policy, Students | Permanent link

With the dental school faculty shortage expected to grow in the future, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) and the American Association of Dental Research (AADR) have joined forces to launch an innovative faculty recruitment program that will encourage and prepare students to enter academic dentistry. Designed to reach students attending all U.S. and Canadian dental schools, the new Academic Dental Careers Fellowship Program is being established with $100,000 in support from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF), the charitable arm of the American Dental Association.

Published On 2005-09-01

ADEA Sets New Strategic Directions

Finance, Leadership, Policy | Permanent link

The new framework, “Strategic Directions (2004-07),” builds upon ADEA’s mission, core values, and prior strategic directions and provides a broad overview of the key issues the Association will address in the next three years.

Published On 2004-04-01
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