Even with a big increase in tuition, the price tag for residents will still be pretty reasonable, and they're working on splitting the first year tuition for out-of-staters over the four years.
I have to admit though that the curricular and political troubles at the school are making me a little nervous. The rumour is that (and please don't consider me to be a reliable source, this is just the speculation that I've heard) the chair of the Department of Medicine, an extremely well-respected doctor, was fired for leading strong resistance against the move to Fitzsimmons. There was worry that this might cause an exodus of faculty in protest. Also, the move is slated to be finished by 2007, I believe. That means that entering students now will be there when the entire institution is in flux.
According to the school officials, the LCME story is this (basically what Macken had said):
At their last accreditation review, the LCME made some "suggestions" for improving the curriculum. Then, the campus move came up, and the school basically let everything else slide except for putting the move through. When the LCME came back this past year (7 years later), and saw that they hadn't made any of the changes that they were advised to do, and saw that the institution was completely mired in making the move, they were not happy.
In any event, I agree with Macken, that UCHSC has too much to lose, but still the entire place in a very unstable situation right now. Food for thought.
When the Fitzsimmons campus is done, it's going to be freakin' incredible, btw.
