Word: flexner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Abraham Flexner published the now well-known "Flexner Report" on medical education, which criticized medical schools for lacking admission standards, proper facilities, and qualified instructors. His fundamental idea was that medical education should be based on the learning of fundamental concepts in the field which could be applied by professional doctors...
That downbeat pattern seems to be holding in cities like Memphis, where about 60% of the population falls within the low-income category. a Memphis department-store chain, closed three of its stores last month. Says Kurt Flexner, a professor in Memphis State's economics department: "Many people are being affected by the new federalism and high unemployment, and they are simply going to have to abandon their plans for Christmas...