Inside Higher Ed: You’re Nobody ’til You’re Snubbed
What started as one professor’s spat with an esteemed medical journal has transformed into something of a branding opportunity for a fledgling medical school in Harrogate, Tenn.
The Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine opened its doors less than two years ago, but in recent weeks it has been getting press in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times. The articles concern a Lincoln Memorial professor who exposed conflicts of interest in an article published by the The Journal of the American Medical Association and subsequently provoked the wrath of JAMA’s editors for spreading his story to the media and another journal. Charges that the editors sought to intimidate Lincoln Memorial officials have prompted an investigation by the American Medical Association’s oversight committee, and the university has
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