The purpose of this program is to increase the number of dental and dental hygiene faculty in the workforce by assisting dental and dental hygiene training programs to attract and retain dental and dental hygiene faculty through the operation of a loan repayment program.
For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.
The goals of this program are to:
1) Reduce the faculty burden of qualified educational debt payments through participation in the institutionally developed loan repayment program.
2) Encourage long-term employment in a dental academic setting through loan repayment.
3) Develop a continuous evaluation mechanism to identify and address concerns of the program participants and assess and improve program performance.