Hon. RALPH YARBOROUGH, ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, INC., Chairman, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am writing on behalf of the Association of Schools of Public Health to express our full support for the enactment of S. 4296, the Health Professions Assistance Amendments of 1970. Our member schools are acutely aware of the need to encourage and assist disadvantaged individuals to pursue graduate training in public health. Let me take this opportunity to assure you that the schools of public health will cooperate most fully in the implementation of this legislation when it is signed into law. I hope you will not hesitate to let me know if the Association can be of assistance to you. May I respectfully request that this letter be made a part of the printed record of hearings. Sincerely, JOHN C. HUME, M.D., President. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER, San Francisco, Calif., August 28, 1970. Hon. ALAN CRANSTON, Washington, D.C. DEAR SENATOR CRANSTON: Thank you very much for the opportunity to review your new proposals to increase minority representation in enrollment figures at medical schools and to expand scholarships and loan programs for students in the health professions. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the single most important area in providing equal educational opportunity in medical and other professional schools. A number of medical schools throughout the country have now made major commitments to provide equal educational opportunity for minority students and the most significant barrier to the achievement of this goal is the lack of adequate student financial aid. You will recall that last November I wrote to you and Senator Murphy regarding these problems, and attached information on financial problems facing students here. I am enclosing updated statistical information for student financial aid in 1969-70 on this campus and information based on estimations of funds available for the academic year 1970-71. It is clear that the situation is becoming more critical as increased numbers of students from low income families, including minority students, are being admitted and costs continue to rise. The kind of financial aid you have proposed would make, in my judgment, a very significant contribution to correcting this most serious inequity. It would also help to overcome the serious health manpower shortages, particularly among physicians serving minority groups. Thus, it has a dual benefit: increas ing educational opportunity and ultimately contributing to availability and quality of medical and other health services available to all Americans. Your continuing concern for problems relating to health care and health professions education is greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours, Enclosure. PHILIP R. LEE, M.D., Chancellor. SAN FRANCISCO MEDICAL CENTER, VICE PRESIDENT KIDNER: As requested in your memorandum of July 27th to Chancellors, enclosed is the Financial Aid Inventory, 1969-70 for the San Francisco Campus. The information is similar to the report submitted to the California State Scholarship and Loan Commission in February, 1970. The following table is our estimate of unmet need for 1969-70 by curriculum. Need data by graduate and under-graduate is not available and probably not meaningful in our case. The basis for the estimates is the total financial need of the eligible and evaluated applications versus the amount of funding available. Except for priority one students (the neediest and EOP students), the awards were reduced on pro rata basis under need (Dentistry 40-65% of need, Medicine 65-80%). Evidently the FISL program, AMA Loan program, and other sources met the unfilled need, for to our knowledge, no student dropped out due to financial need. The situation for 1970-71 is bleaker than last year and therefore, there may be students leaving school due to student aid shortages during 1970-71. 1 Amounts to be applied toward need. Amounts cut to be applied toward need are unavailable. Actual Federal work-study figures: Requested, $227,632; Allocation, $130,845; Cut, $96,787. Chancellors discretionary funds not considered. Conservative collections included. NATIONAL DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND NUTRITION ACT HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3063 TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, INCLUDING THE LIVER AND PANCREAS, AND DISEASES OF NUTRITION, AND AID THE STATES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, FOR THE CONTROL OF THESE DISEASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES AUGUST 31, 1970 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 51-041 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1970 DEPOSITED BY THE 13 |