[vc_row layout=”normal” margintop=”0″ marginbottom=”0″ paddingtop=”30″ paddingbottom=”30″ bg_color=”” border_width=”0″ border_color=”#e8e8e8″ bg_image=”” bg_attachment=”scroll” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”false” bg_parallax=”false” bg_patterns=”” video_bg=”false” video_quality=”default” vid_opacity=”70″ video_overlay_col=”” video_overlay_opac=”70″ video_overlay=”” row_font_color=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”5031″ img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The ADEA Advocacy Website went live in March and by the end of December had over 6,000 unique page views with 63% new visitors. The website provides legislative information and resources on issues of interest to academic dentistry and dental and craniofacial research. It is divided into three major categories: Federal Information, State Information and Canadian Information and includes both a State Interactive Tracking Map and State Interactive Regulatory Map to allow ADEA members to stay up to date on what is happening in their states.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Another feature of the ADEA Advocacy Website is the ability to “flag” current issues that might affect dental education and dental and craniofacial research and allow ADEA members to communicate directly with their elected officials in real time. In 2015, ADEA issued three ADEA Action Alerts, resulting in 238 individual letters to Members of Congress by ADEA members:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

• U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2013 Entering Class (May 2015)
• U.S. Dental School Deans’ Perceptions of the Rising Cost of Dental Education and Borrowing Pressures on Dental Students: Report of Survey Results (June 2015)
• 20 Years Beyond the Crossroads: The Path to Interprofessional Education at U.S. Dental Schools (August 2015)
• ADEA Annual Survey of Dental School Seniors: 2014 Graduating Class (September 2015)
• Dental School Vacant Budgeted Faculty Positions, Academic Years 2011–12 Through 2013–14 (October 2015)
• A Profile of Dental School Deans, 2014 (October 2015)
• U.S. Dental School Applicants and Enrollees, 2014 Entering Class November 2015)

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