Specialized Colleges

Upsetting some students, U. of Minnesota Medical School stops using live patients to teach pelvic exams.

Latest survey of pre-licensure programs shows recession is beginning to take toll on admissions and enrollments, though demand remains high.

Distance education might answer America's demand for nursing programs -- and it's not just for-profit colleges that are looking to cash in.

To dismay of community college advocates, new study recommends all nurses have a baccalaureate degree before they are allowed to practice.

Study finds that half of all medical students feel undereducated about economics and health care systems.

Major research university presidents speak out on new and growing global health programs at first-ever meeting of a new consortium.

New medical schools are launching curriculums with more use of simulation and more social science -- and many established schools are moving in that direction, too.

In transnational program, American students will begin medical school in Brisbane, and end it at the U. of Queensland's new clinical school in New Orleans.