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R L Hopping

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What should be the proper size and number of optometric schools?

The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act brought infusion of millions of dollars into optometric education at a time when the profession was ill prepared with inadequate space standards and cost studies. The profession presently faces the need to make major curricular changes at a time of severely constricted resources. Optometry, in a dynamic mode, needs to establish acceptable standards consistent with the profession's demands and goals for the 21st century.

Health Workforce

Financing of optometric education.

Decline in enrollments in college age group is reflected in health professional and law schools. This evolving reduction in applicant pool is discussed with reference to caused factors and contrasted with the post World War II boom. These factors are discussed in relationship to present and future fiscal integrity of our optometric colleges. The author illustrates the need for securing financial support from state governments for existing optometric educational institutions before building new schools.

Education