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Caribbean medical school's proposal stirs controversy in Texas
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
Published: 7:44 p.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012
A proposal by a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to send some of its students to Texas for clinical training has divided the governing board of the state's higher education agency, led to a review by the attorney general and prompted key lawmakers to weigh in.
Leaders of the state's nine medical schools eight of them public and one private and the Texas Medical Association, which represents nearly 45,000 physicians and medical students, have responded to the proposal by the for-profit American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine with alarm.
Although the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has stipulated that only students who had graduated from a Texas high school would be eligible, the medical school leaders and association officials say an influx of students from foreign schools could displace students at Texas medical schools from required training slots that are already in short supply.
In addition, they say, the Texas schools could wind up having to pay more to hospitals for additional slots or engaging in a bidding war with the foreign schools, with higher tuition to cover those expenses a likely result. The issue arises as the state's medical schools are increasing enrollment in an effort to address a shortage of physicians. At the same time, new medical schools have been proposed for Austin and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The staff of the Coordinating Board had recommended approving the proposal submitted by the St. Maarten school, which is owned by DeVry Inc., a publicly traded education company based in Illinois. It would have been the first time the state agency had granted a so-called certificate of authority allowing a foreign medical school to operate in Texas.....
Caribbean medical school's proposal stirs controversy in Texas
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz
Published: 7:44 p.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012
A proposal by a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten to send some of its students to Texas for clinical training has divided the governing board of the state's higher education agency, led to a review by the attorney general and prompted key lawmakers to weigh in.
Leaders of the state's nine medical schools eight of them public and one private and the Texas Medical Association, which represents nearly 45,000 physicians and medical students, have responded to the proposal by the for-profit American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine with alarm.
Although the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has stipulated that only students who had graduated from a Texas high school would be eligible, the medical school leaders and association officials say an influx of students from foreign schools could displace students at Texas medical schools from required training slots that are already in short supply.
In addition, they say, the Texas schools could wind up having to pay more to hospitals for additional slots or engaging in a bidding war with the foreign schools, with higher tuition to cover those expenses a likely result. The issue arises as the state's medical schools are increasing enrollment in an effort to address a shortage of physicians. At the same time, new medical schools have been proposed for Austin and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The staff of the Coordinating Board had recommended approving the proposal submitted by the St. Maarten school, which is owned by DeVry Inc., a publicly traded education company based in Illinois. It would have been the first time the state agency had granted a so-called certificate of authority allowing a foreign medical school to operate in Texas.....
