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Dental Student Loans Slashed Both the Nixon administration and its predecessor have spoken frequently on the critical shortage of health manpower and the need to take drastic steps to solve it. With reference to dentistry, the chain of reasoning runs this way: If a great many more people are to receive comprehensive dental care to morrow than received it today, then more dentists will be needed tomorrow. If more dentists are needed to morrow, then there must be more dental students today. Tuition Costs The successful applicant to to day's dental school has, in the major ity of cases, already completed four years of university education, with its attendant costs. He then begins four years of dental school where tuition costs alone can range as high as $9,700. The cumulative price of this eight years of schooling is frequently be yond the unaided capacity of a young man or woman. Assistance is required. Since 196 4, such help has been available through the loan program of the Health Manpower Act. The help to needy students has never been massive, the average loan being $1,100. Funds Cut And now, the Nixon administration and the House of Representatives of the 91st Congress have dealt a severe blow to even this level by slashing the available loan funds. In the case of dental schools, they have been cut
nearly in half. Spokesmen from the health educa tion field have issued urgent protes tations over this cut. The American Dental Association, the American Asso ciation of Dental Schools, the Ameri can Medical Association and the Ameri can Association of Medical Schools have joined with others in urging a restoration of loan money to at least the fiscal 1969 level. Some members of Congress have also spoken out. One was Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me.) who, in an August 7 speech on the Senate floor, pointed to what he called "a considerable gap be tween the administration's rhetoric and its proposals" in the field of health manpower. Less Than Half Senator Muskie noted that the Health Manpower Act authorizes, for fiscal 1970, loan funds of $35 million but the budget requests less than half that allowable amount. The Maine Democrat took issue with the administration contention that the cut would be off-set by the ability of health students to borrow money under the Office of Education guaran teed loans, saying "we all know that with the prime interest rate at 8.5 percent, students will find it exceed ingly difficult, if not impossible, to secure these...loans at the Government authorized interest payment of 7 per cent ." Effort in House When the H.E.W. appropriations bill was on the floor of the House, an unsuccessful attempt was made to increase the budget for the loan pro gram. A vigorous effort to redeem the situation will be made when the Senate's H.E.W. appropriations sub committee takes up the House bill. It is chaired by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.). If action fails there, the follow ing table shows the effect this situa tion will have on many present and prospective dental students who have been counting on this aid.
DENTAL STUDENT LOANS
F i s c a l 1969
F is c a l 1970 D iffe r e n c e
School
University of Alabama Loma Linda University University of the Pacific University of California at L.A. University of California - S.F. University of Southern California University of Connecticut Georgetown University Howard University Emory University Medical College of Georgia Loyola University Northwestern University University of Illinois Indiana University University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Louisville Louisiana State University Loyola University University of Maryland Harvard University Tufts University University of Detroit University of Michigan University of Minnesota St. Louis University University of Missouri Washington University Creighton University University of Nebraska Fairleigh Dickinson University New Jersey College Columbia University New York University State University of New York University of North Carolina Ohio State University Western Reserve University University of Oregon Temple University University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Medical College of South Carolina Meharry Medical College University of Tennessee Baylor University University of Texas Medical College of Virginia University of Washington West Virginia University Marquette University University of Puerto Rico
$101 $113 $144 $143 $138 $211 $ 8 $192 $151 $152
377 275 689 260 025 322 566 760 352 305
$193 $148 $171 $183 $110 $ 89 $108 $ 14 $ 81 $188 $ 27 $195 $147 $177 $201 $ 84 $226 $ 98 $ 83 $ 53 $ 84 $ 86 $ 69 $325 $136 $ 97 $270 $123 $151 $239 $264 $205 $ 12 $ 58 $ 4 $159 $ 36 $144
236 020 342 717 420 001 992 276 388 000 128 616 544 529 600 243 077 045 025 100 500 623 487 553 120 569 000 270 828 403 629 134 150 994 782 300 000 689
$ 81 000 $224 173 $ 63 300
$ 45 $ 56 $ 73 $ 78 $ 64 $100 $ 7 $ 90 $ 72 $ 70 $ 5 $ 94 $ 70 $ 81 $ 85 $ 49 $ 43 $ 51 $ 12 $ 25 $ 91 $ 13 $ 91 $ 71 $ 87 $ 92 $ 14 $109 $ 46 $ 43 $ 48 $ 46 $ 41 $ 35 $149 $ 63 $ 46 $128 $ 62 $ 69 $113 $123 $ 92 $ 14 $ 32
024 281 165 577 506 441 141 266 948 351 194 812 784 824 505 786 508 302 987 110 781 419 998 434 668 214 719 749 540 076 488 323 561 283 147 207 756 797 126 918 644 386 647 935 469
$ 86 $ 45 $ 69 $ 68 $ 47 $101 $ 31
586 000 486 836 189 522 386
-$ 56 -$ 56 -$ 71 -$ 64 -$ 73 -$110 -$ 1 -$102 -$ 78 -$ 81
353 994 524 683 519 881 425 494 404 954
-$ 98 -$ 77 -$ 89 -$ 98 -$ 60 -$ 45 -$ 57 -$ 1 -$ 56 -$ 96 -$ 13 -$103 -$ 76 -$ 89 -$109 -$ 69 -$116 -$ 51 -$ 39 -$ 4 -$ 38 -$ 45 -$ 34 -$176 -$ 72 -$ 50 -$141 -$ 61 -$ 81 -$125 -$141 -$112 +$ 2 -$ 26 -$ 4 -$ 72 +$ 9 -$ 75 +$ 68 -$ 33 -$122 -$ 31
424 236 518 212 634 493 690 289 278 219 709 618 110 861 386 524 328 505 949 612 177 062 204 406 913 813 203 144 910 759 243 487 785 525 782 714 000 203 836 811 651 914
Dental Student Loans Slashed Both the Nixon administration and its predecessor have spoken frequently on the critical shortage of health manpower and the need to take drastic steps to solve it. With reference to dentistry, the chain of reasoning runs this way: If a great many more people are to receive comprehensive dental care to morrow than received it today, then more dentists will be needed tomorrow. If more dentists are needed to morrow, then there must be more dental students today. Tuition Costs The successful applicant to to day's dental school has, in the major ity of cases, already completed four years of university education, with its attendant costs. He then begins four years of dental school where tuition costs alone can range as high as $9,700. The cumulative price of this eight years of schooling is frequently be yond the unaided capacity of a young man or woman. Assistance is required. Since 196 4, such help has been available through the loan program of the Health Manpower Act. The help to needy students has never been massive, the average loan being $1,100. Funds Cut And now, the Nixon administration and the House of Representatives of the 91st Congress have dealt a severe blow to even this level by slashing the available loan funds. In the case of dental schools, they have been cut
nearly in half. Spokesmen from the health educa tion field have issued urgent protes tations over this cut. The American Dental Association, the American Asso ciation of Dental Schools, the Ameri can Medical Association and the Ameri can Association of Medical Schools have joined with others in urging a restoration of loan money to at least the fiscal 1969 level. Some members of Congress have also spoken out. One was Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Me.) who, in an August 7 speech on the Senate floor, pointed to what he called "a considerable gap be tween the administration's rhetoric and its proposals" in the field of health manpower. Less Than Half Senator Muskie noted that the Health Manpower Act authorizes, for fiscal 1970, loan funds of $35 million but the budget requests less than half that allowable amount. The Maine Democrat took issue with the administration contention that the cut would be off-set by the ability of health students to borrow money under the Office of Education guaran teed loans, saying "we all know that with the prime interest rate at 8.5 percent, students will find it exceed ingly difficult, if not impossible, to secure these...loans at the Government authorized interest payment of 7 per cent ." Effort in House When the H.E.W. appropriations bill was on the floor of the House, an unsuccessful attempt was made to increase the budget for the loan pro gram. A vigorous effort to redeem the situation will be made when the Senate's H.E.W. appropriations sub committee takes up the House bill. It is chaired by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.). If action fails there, the follow ing table shows the effect this situa tion will have on many present and prospective dental students who have been counting on this aid.
DENTAL STUDENT LOANS
F i s c a l 1969
F is c a l 1970 D iffe r e n c e
School
University of Alabama Loma Linda University University of the Pacific University of California at L.A. University of California - S.F. University of Southern California University of Connecticut Georgetown University Howard University Emory University Medical College of Georgia Loyola University Northwestern University University of Illinois Indiana University University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Louisville Louisiana State University Loyola University University of Maryland Harvard University Tufts University University of Detroit University of Michigan University of Minnesota St. Louis University University of Missouri Washington University Creighton University University of Nebraska Fairleigh Dickinson University New Jersey College Columbia University New York University State University of New York University of North Carolina Ohio State University Western Reserve University University of Oregon Temple University University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh Medical College of South Carolina Meharry Medical College University of Tennessee Baylor University University of Texas Medical College of Virginia University of Washington West Virginia University Marquette University University of Puerto Rico
$101 $113 $144 $143 $138 $211 $ 8 $192 $151 $152
377 275 689 260 025 322 566 760 352 305
$193 $148 $171 $183 $110 $ 89 $108 $ 14 $ 81 $188 $ 27 $195 $147 $177 $201 $ 84 $226 $ 98 $ 83 $ 53 $ 84 $ 86 $ 69 $325 $136 $ 97 $270 $123 $151 $239 $264 $205 $ 12 $ 58 $ 4 $159 $ 36 $144
236 020 342 717 420 001 992 276 388 000 128 616 544 529 600 243 077 045 025 100 500 623 487 553 120 569 000 270 828 403 629 134 150 994 782 300 000 689
$ 81 000 $224 173 $ 63 300
$ 45 $ 56 $ 73 $ 78 $ 64 $100 $ 7 $ 90 $ 72 $ 70 $ 5 $ 94 $ 70 $ 81 $ 85 $ 49 $ 43 $ 51 $ 12 $ 25 $ 91 $ 13 $ 91 $ 71 $ 87 $ 92 $ 14 $109 $ 46 $ 43 $ 48 $ 46 $ 41 $ 35 $149 $ 63 $ 46 $128 $ 62 $ 69 $113 $123 $ 92 $ 14 $ 32
024 281 165 577 506 441 141 266 948 351 194 812 784 824 505 786 508 302 987 110 781 419 998 434 668 214 719 749 540 076 488 323 561 283 147 207 756 797 126 918 644 386 647 935 469
$ 86 $ 45 $ 69 $ 68 $ 47 $101 $ 31
586 000 486 836 189 522 386
-$ 56 -$ 56 -$ 71 -$ 64 -$ 73 -$110 -$ 1 -$102 -$ 78 -$ 81
353 994 524 683 519 881 425 494 404 954
-$ 98 -$ 77 -$ 89 -$ 98 -$ 60 -$ 45 -$ 57 -$ 1 -$ 56 -$ 96 -$ 13 -$103 -$ 76 -$ 89 -$109 -$ 69 -$116 -$ 51 -$ 39 -$ 4 -$ 38 -$ 45 -$ 34 -$176 -$ 72 -$ 50 -$141 -$ 61 -$ 81 -$125 -$141 -$112 +$ 2 -$ 26 -$ 4 -$ 72 +$ 9 -$ 75 +$ 68 -$ 33 -$122 -$ 31
424 236 518 212 634 493 690 289 278 219 709 618 110 861 386 524 328 505 949 612 177 062 204 406 913 813 203 144 910 759 243 487 785 525 782 714 000 203 836 811 651 914