“High quality has been there for a long time,” she says, noting that the UMDNJ board of trustees is currently searching for a permanent president to replace Vladeck, who was appointed in March 2006.
The search for a new president is being headed by Dr. Harold T. Shapiro, who served as president of Princeton University from 1987-2003.
According to Oates, a proposal made by former Gov. James E. McGreevey to merge UMDNJ with Rutgers University is being reexamined by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.
Despite reservations by some minority students over the university’s current financial situation, the interest in UMDNJ by minority students remains strong, says Dr. Glenn Lang, executive director of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund, an arm of the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. For example, he says, the school provided up to 48 Martin Luther King Medical and Dentistry scholarships to cover tuition costs last year.
According to Diverse’s 2006 Top 100 Graduate degree rankings, UMDNJ awards more medical degrees to minorities than any other institution and is 19th in the awarding of First Professional degrees in dentistry.
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