Marshall Loses Appeal

{West Virginia}...Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine has lost its bid to escape being placed on probation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the national organization that accredits medical schools. In a June 15 letter to Marshall President Stephen Kopp, the LCME listed 10 areas of alleged partial or substantial noncompliance with accreditation standards. Problems cited include scholarship support that’s well below the national mean, limited programs and practices to support student well-being, not making efforts to broaden diversity among medical school applicants or recruit faculty and students from demographically diverse backgrounds, a lack of “scholarly activity” by faculty members and the absence of a required affiliation agreement with Huntington’s Riverpark Hospital. Marshall appealed the probation recommendation and pressed its appeal at a hearing in Chicago on October 3rd. The LCME rejected that appeal.