Fordham University past present & future.

FORDHAM COLLEGES THAT ARE NO MORE-MEDICAL Fordham‘s Medical School along with Fordham's College of Pharmacy and Marymount College (located in Tarrytown, NY). The factors responsible for each school’s demise are interesting to take notice of as we explore our university’s long history. Here is a look at the end of the Medical S chool. MEDICAL SCHOOL The Fordham University School of Medicine was established in 1905 and opened with six students  and seven professors. Originally located in Collins Hall, the medical school was moved to Thebaud.  The school found a home of its own when a new building was constructed near the Bathgate entrance in 1911.   (Home of the Medical School from 1913-1921. Today Finlay Hall is a student dorm.) Fordham Hospital was the first public hospital in the Bronx , New York City , having opened in 1892. Prior to that time, all the New York City municipal hospitals were in Manhattan . The hospital and university were affiliated at least to the ex...

The Flexner Report and the Impact on Minority & Female Physicians. The Flexner Report was unsparing in its criticism. Flexner said that several of the schools were “in  no position to make any contribution of value” and called them “beyond repair.” The deck was particularly stacked against black medical schools. Their students arrived unprepared for their studies because they lacked access to decent high school education. Tuition was substantially lower than the average medical school since most students couldn’t afford higher fees. Lacking funds, schools couldn’t maintain or update their equipment or facilities. ( JSTOR, a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. article by: Jessie Wright-Mendoza   May 3, 2019 via U.S. National Library of Medicine Many medical schools closed after the Flexner report was issued, particularly schools that educated female, black, and working-class students. In 1900 there were 7 women’s medical colleges in the United States;...