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Well boys and girls, get ready because the 2021 NAPLEX scores will be coming soon this month (I hope) and that means that it’s time to test your Nostradamus skills. I will be honest that I haven’t had as much time to devote to this endeavor just due to giving vaccines until I see them in my sleep and life getting in the way but I had people tell me they enjoyed this thread last year along when I tell them in-person to prospective students.
Keep in mind, these are just predictions and my opinion and are not to be taken as fact. They are my interpretation of the current and future of pharmacy education.
Last year, Hampton University in Virginia scraped the bottom of the barrel with an impressive 55% and barely beat out CSU, Larkin, and New England. Many have predicted (myself included) that a school will finally shatter the glass basement of under 50%. I know many of us have fun with this ( I know I do) because it is so shocking how far pharmacy academia has fallen and ACPE powerless to do anything about restricting the number of schools(their words not mine). Hopefully there will be an accreditation standard added to the 2025 standards for NAPLEX and MPJE scores to be included but it seems that they have steered cleared of grabbing that 3rd rail even if it’s their responsibility.
So without further ado, let’s get on with it.
#1
Hampton University. Dean Iyer and faculty are still living in a dream bubble that they will be able to successfully sue and rescind their accreditation withdrawal. I believe that as they are running out the clock on their “teach-out” program and they are already pivoting to other programs with stronger applicant rates and the pharmacy students that are left are just circling the drain. Nothing left to say but stop beating this dead horse because it died a long time ago. RIP Hampton.
#2
Larkin University. Ah yes, the pharmacy strip mall of southern Florida. Well they got a new Dean last year, Dr Nemire. She has the “pedigree” of Touro and I could see her being a replacement for Lucinda Maine at AACP with the announcement Dr. Maine is stepping down this summer and Dr. Nemire has served as a VP in the organization. Still not sure what happened with Dr Levin but as we all know, constant changes at the ship’s helm means that an iceberg is more easily struck. Larkin will lead all the accredited schools with the lowest rate and this Titanic will continue to take on water.
#3
Chicago State University. Two years ago, CSU came as close as a school can to having over half the class fail the NAPLEX (2019 – 50.77%) They have an average in the 50’s over the past 3 years and it still amazes me that they are only accredited with probation. I still think the school is recovering from the huge black eye that Dean Coleman left when she embezzled over half a million dollars just a few years ago. This type of behavior always shows me what type of oversight that the Board of Trustees have on their academic executives. Dean Fete hasn’t been able to navigate the school so far and I don’t think they get above 60% but I think they will do better than last year (56.82%) for whatever that’s worth and keep their accreditation on life support.
#4
West Coast University.
Ah yes, the South Harmon Institute of Pharmacy. No it’s not the school that Snoop Dogg is the Dean of but he might have some interesting pharmacology lectures. Seriously, can anyone support having so many pharmacy schools in southern California and 15 in the entire state! Snoop, if you are interested or anyone else for that matter, West Coast is looking for their next Dean and who knows it could be you! Dre could be your academic Dean and Cube the director experiential affairs. I’m sorry I couldn’t resist about making a joke because isn’t this what this school is?
#5
University of New England
I have gone back and forth with this one in my mind but UNE has fallen off a cliff in the past 3 years going from a respectable 86% to a free fall of 58%. Prospective applicants can have a “virtual coffee” with Dean McCarthy and all of them would be wise to ask them what the hell is going on up there in the pine tree state. UNE does have some pretty good pedigree with a DO and dental program so one is to really wonder what Dean McCarthy has been doing since 2018 when he took the helm. He has an impeccable CV and was Dean at the University of Connecticut for a decade while beating the national average and was in the 90 percentile all but one year. I believe that you are seeing that no matter how established a university is if you have created a pharmacy school in the past 15 years then you might not see the end of the decade especially if you are in a rural area where attracting students and faculty will be a challenge.
So what do you think pharmacy fans? Does my list fit the bill? Let me and everyone else know who you think deserves to be on the bottom 5 for the 2021 NAPLEX. There is always a school that makes a surprise hit on the list so you just never know.
Keep in mind, these are just predictions and my opinion and are not to be taken as fact. They are my interpretation of the current and future of pharmacy education.
Last year, Hampton University in Virginia scraped the bottom of the barrel with an impressive 55% and barely beat out CSU, Larkin, and New England. Many have predicted (myself included) that a school will finally shatter the glass basement of under 50%. I know many of us have fun with this ( I know I do) because it is so shocking how far pharmacy academia has fallen and ACPE powerless to do anything about restricting the number of schools(their words not mine). Hopefully there will be an accreditation standard added to the 2025 standards for NAPLEX and MPJE scores to be included but it seems that they have steered cleared of grabbing that 3rd rail even if it’s their responsibility.
So without further ado, let’s get on with it.
#1
Hampton University. Dean Iyer and faculty are still living in a dream bubble that they will be able to successfully sue and rescind their accreditation withdrawal. I believe that as they are running out the clock on their “teach-out” program and they are already pivoting to other programs with stronger applicant rates and the pharmacy students that are left are just circling the drain. Nothing left to say but stop beating this dead horse because it died a long time ago. RIP Hampton.
#2
Larkin University. Ah yes, the pharmacy strip mall of southern Florida. Well they got a new Dean last year, Dr Nemire. She has the “pedigree” of Touro and I could see her being a replacement for Lucinda Maine at AACP with the announcement Dr. Maine is stepping down this summer and Dr. Nemire has served as a VP in the organization. Still not sure what happened with Dr Levin but as we all know, constant changes at the ship’s helm means that an iceberg is more easily struck. Larkin will lead all the accredited schools with the lowest rate and this Titanic will continue to take on water.
#3
Chicago State University. Two years ago, CSU came as close as a school can to having over half the class fail the NAPLEX (2019 – 50.77%) They have an average in the 50’s over the past 3 years and it still amazes me that they are only accredited with probation. I still think the school is recovering from the huge black eye that Dean Coleman left when she embezzled over half a million dollars just a few years ago. This type of behavior always shows me what type of oversight that the Board of Trustees have on their academic executives. Dean Fete hasn’t been able to navigate the school so far and I don’t think they get above 60% but I think they will do better than last year (56.82%) for whatever that’s worth and keep their accreditation on life support.
#4
West Coast University.
Ah yes, the South Harmon Institute of Pharmacy. No it’s not the school that Snoop Dogg is the Dean of but he might have some interesting pharmacology lectures. Seriously, can anyone support having so many pharmacy schools in southern California and 15 in the entire state! Snoop, if you are interested or anyone else for that matter, West Coast is looking for their next Dean and who knows it could be you! Dre could be your academic Dean and Cube the director experiential affairs. I’m sorry I couldn’t resist about making a joke because isn’t this what this school is?
#5
University of New England
I have gone back and forth with this one in my mind but UNE has fallen off a cliff in the past 3 years going from a respectable 86% to a free fall of 58%. Prospective applicants can have a “virtual coffee” with Dean McCarthy and all of them would be wise to ask them what the hell is going on up there in the pine tree state. UNE does have some pretty good pedigree with a DO and dental program so one is to really wonder what Dean McCarthy has been doing since 2018 when he took the helm. He has an impeccable CV and was Dean at the University of Connecticut for a decade while beating the national average and was in the 90 percentile all but one year. I believe that you are seeing that no matter how established a university is if you have created a pharmacy school in the past 15 years then you might not see the end of the decade especially if you are in a rural area where attracting students and faculty will be a challenge.
So what do you think pharmacy fans? Does my list fit the bill? Let me and everyone else know who you think deserves to be on the bottom 5 for the 2021 NAPLEX. There is always a school that makes a surprise hit on the list so you just never know.
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