You’ve heard the knock on optometric education: there are too many optometry colleges, pumping out too many new grads and coaxing them through the curriculum instead of holding them to appropriately rigorous standards. Though it may be a caricature, some elements ring true, say experts within and outside academia. “If you want to get into optometry school, you can,” laments one educator. Six new optometry colleges opened in the last decade, and more are on the way. The student population is booming, but applicants haven’t kept pace. In this feature from Review of Optometry, find out about three ways to protect academic standards and avoid a glut. Read More.