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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Chancellor: Medical schools won't compete

What could be Georgia’s newest medical school won’t compete with plans to expand the Medical College of Georgia. That’s according to University System Chancellor Errol Davis. Lawmakers have expressed concerns about plans by Brenau University in Gainesville north of Atlanta to build Georgia’s 5th medical school. They have said it might compete with the Augusta-based Medical College of Georgia’s new campus in Athens. Chancellor Davis says Georgia needs as many medical schools as it can get because the state lags in training physicians.

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