Why Should Delaware Care?Delaware will spend $78 million in federal funds to open its first medical school in the coming years. The state fielded bids from multiple universities, before ultimately settling on Thomas Jefferson University earlier this summer. Now, the university must execute on its agreement with the state to stand up a medical school within the next five years.
Contracts and internal reviews obtained by Spotlight Delaware reveal new details about how the state will stand up its first-ever medical school, as well how leaders decided to partner with Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University among a field of other contenders.
When the state formally announced the endeavor last month, no documents about its agreement with Jefferson had been made publicly available…