In December 1982 PEER released a report on the operation of the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry which cited numerous deficiencies in financial and operational management practices at the school. Among other things, the 1982 report concluded that the University of Mississippi Dental School, the third smallest dental school in the nation, is a high-cost institution which expends 58 percent more than the national average to educate its students and receives more state appropriated funds per Doctor of Dental Science Equivalent than any other dental school in the United States. The report also contained appropriate recommendations for improvement.
A follow-up review of the 1982 report reveals that the School of Dentistry has made progress in correcting the deficiencies. However, the Board of Trustees, Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) impaired follow-up efforts by its restrictions and refusal to discuss certain PEER recommendations that IHL maintained were inappropriate for legislative review.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.