Florida Atlantic University won’t get a College of Dentistry any time soon after the state Legislature pulled back $30 million it allocated last year to help start the program.
In addition, Barbara Feingold, an FAU Board of Trustees member, has yet to sign a gift agreement on a $30 million pledge she made in 2022. There are questions about whether she ever will.
“The strategic direction of the university is fluid and always under consideration by the Board of Trustees,” FAU spokeswoman Lisa Metcalf said in an email to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Clearly, a College of Dentistry requires a pause and, possibly, a pivot. Regardless, all decisions are made in the best interests of the university.”
The funding loss appears to be related, in part, to a failed search last year for a new FAU president, which was the target of harsh criticism by Feingold, the State University System’s Board of Governors and some lawmakers.
FAU’s dental school is placed ‘on pause’ after losing state funding
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Sun Sentinel
