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Publication
04.29.2009
Florida International University Develops Medical School from the Ground Up
Interdisciplinary Academic Medical Sciences Center Evolves Around It
Jocelyn Frederick and Jose Rodriguez
Medical schools are often the most costly, well-established and storied institutions on an academic campus, so establishing a new one from scratch at an existing public university can be a daunting challenge. At Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, the process caused a quantum shift in the way administrators approach both scientific research and capital planning, and it taught them that one informs the other: Academic goals influence the operational model, while operational changes inspire new ways of thinking about education and research.
