The statistics are sobering. At every ADEA meeting I attend, we hear of the shortage of faculty at our dental schools, now and projected. As the current faculty near retirement age, we see a void on the horizon. Surveys of graduating seniors report that less than 1 percent plan to make a career of academic dentistry. And future faculty isn’t the only problem. Across the country, schools are facing the reality of quickly dissolving government funding at both the federal and state levels.   Read More...