150th Anniversary of Veterinary Education and the Veterinary Profession in North America: Part 3, 1970–2000

Abstract

This is one of a series of articles in the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (JVME). These articles are abridged versions of six lectures that make up an elective course on the history of the veterinary profession in North America offered at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine. This third article in the series of six describes the development of the nine new colleges that opened between 1974 and 1981. The three colleges on or near campuses that also had medical schools are contrasted with those that focused predominantly on their agriculture base. Data are presented by species on the current employment patterns of veterinary graduates from colleges in the US and Ross University. Programs in public health, public policy, and corporate veterinary medicine are also described. This article closes with a description of the factors that led to the curriculum reform instituted at Cornell University in 1993.