RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) A national accrediting agency has approved a University of California, Riverside, plan to open a full medical school. <\/p>\n
It will be the sixth UC medical school. <\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Times says preliminary accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education means UC Riverside can start enrolling future doctors next summer. <\/p>\n
The accreditation agency rejected the medical school proposal last year because the state refused to fund the school and the plan looked too risky. <\/p>\n
But university officials have since secured other public and private financing. <\/p>\n
University leaders won about $100 million in donations and pledges to support the school for 10 years. The donors include the UC system itself, Riverside County, the Desert Healthcare District and affiliated hospitals. <\/p>\n
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