Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine is planning to grow enrollment over the next five years.
The increase will start this coming summer, as the number of applicants accepted expands from 120 to 130 and over five years will expand to 150.
“We can help with the physician workforce that way,” said Valerie Weber, the new dean, in an interview Monday about future plans for the medical school.
Weber replaced dean Margaret Dunn, who retired the end of June. She left a position as professor of medicine and senior vice dean for educational affairs at Drexel University College of Medicine.
She said applications are up 19% over the last year and last cycle they saw an increase of 23%. Over the last two years, the school reported a total increase of over 45%. That 19% for this coming year is tracking exactly with national increases.
