Vet Schools popping up like Starbucks in the States

Re: Vet Schools popping up like Starbucks in the States

Mark Rowland — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:39:45 GMT

I wonder where the issue lies here. When I qualified there were about 65 in my year. Now the universities can have in excess of 200 in a year (according to my current EMS student). Perhaps a cap on total vets per year spread around more universities would give us better educated graduates because of better student integration due to lower numbers in each year. But that would of course mean less revenue for the established universities, perhaps that is really where their concerns lie. After all the established universities are hardly about to reduce their intakes to stop an excess of graduates are they?

Re: Vet Schools popping up like Starbucks in the States

Cat Henstridge — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:46:28 GMT

Looks like they are starting to pay for it as well :-(

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/business/high-debt-and-falling-demand-trap-new-veterinarians.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&

Pete Wedderburn had written a comment about the British situation;

http://www.vethelpdirect.com/vetblog/2013/02/25/veterinary-graduates-problems/

Re: Vet Schools popping up like Starbucks in the States

Nicola Lawlor — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:50:30 GMT

All I can say is wow to the new grad starting salary when not including advanced education for the figure. What are their experienced vets in practice earning?

I think more vet schools there and here is going to adversely affect the profession, but the arguments remain the same as previously when the new vet school in Surrey was announced recently.