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[ZoomZoom]

The "for profit" med schools exist because they saw a void, or a need for.

Somebody dropped the ball, somebody picked it up.

And LSU Med had to bless the private med schools. It’s why UL doesn’t want one.

[Crawfish]

I wasn't implying that UL needed to host a for profit medical school, only that it demonstrates the need for a real medical school at UL.

[Turbine]

I wasn't implying that UL needed to host a for profit medical school, only that it demonstrates the need for a real medical school at UL.

Absolutely

[CajunFun]

The thing that is different now than in the past is the proliferation of all of these for profit medical schools, like the one in Monroe. There must be a need for this that is not being met. With all of the new facilities coming on line (like the old OLOL hospital) it would seem like the money for this would be doable. But yes, I get the politics involved.

From what I'm hearing, ULM is getting NOTHING out of that arrangement. In fact, my sources say they approached us first.

We're going to hold out for a real medical school, not a for-profit... something we control and which boosts our mission and our prestige.

[CajunFun]

The "for profit" med schools exist because they saw a void, or a need for.

Somebody dropped the ball, somebody picked it up.

Not really. Somebody sat back and realized that, by cutting out the heart and soul of a university, by cutting the hard-to-valuate-but-essential aspects of a university, or a medical school, they could make a lot of money.

And here's the thing that bothers me: as soon as an industry can be shown profitable, big investors swoop in, buy it up, and squeeze it to make even more money, and putrefy it, eliminate the mission, and make the world worse than it was before.