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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Governor says he won’t back UC-Riverside medical school

The saga of efforts to create another UC med school continues.  Does every campus have to have one? 
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...While acknowledging he hasn’t looked at the school’s merits, (Governor) Brown said he is less inclined to fund it when the University of California regents haven’t committed any of the system’s state funding to the school.  The medical school has been in the works for years and originally was set to open this year. But so far, UCR officials have not been able to secure ongoing state funding.
UCR leaders are pushing ahead with private fundraising — the goal is $10 million a year for the next decade — and hope to open the school next year, but with only 50 students to start. To be viable long term, though, the school must have ongoing state support, UCR officials have said...
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What the governor says doesn't carry much weight with some folks:

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