February 2006 ■ Journal of Dental Education 199 Continued Vigilance: Enhancing Diversity in Dental Education

tors, and patients—should reflect the diver-sity of our society. Policy Statement I. Education, A. Admis-sions, 1. Diverse System of Higher Edu-cation All dental education institutions and pro-grams should support and help enhance the diverse system of higher education. Contin-ued autonomy and growth in the private and public sectors depend on the preservation of this diversity. The nation’s private and public systems of higher education are complementary and interdependent. Their preservation depends on the continued at-tention of all institutional members and ADEA itself. Students must have the free-dom to choose, from the broad spectrum of dental education institutions and programs, the institution or program best designed to meet the students ’ specific needs