That daunting statistic is one of the reasons Nadine Katz, senior associate dean, professor and director of medical education in the department of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City, got interested in helping aspiring female med school professors achieve their goals.

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Spokespeople from the state attorney general's office and the education department, which oversees medical licensing, confirmed that CMC was the subject of an inquiry but declined to give further details.

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That's all true, but Education Department officials point out that under current law, medical students who owe hundreds of thousands of dollars don't have to pay more than 15 percent of their income.

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