Ricw/BCM merger discussions ended.

mcat2
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:42:34 +0000

Another link:
[Baylor U. could be suitor for medical school | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle](http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6811312.html)

“In the past few weeks, numerous sources have told the Chronicle that Baylor University, which retains some ties to the Houston medical school, has been making serious overtures to bring it back into the fold.”

"Baylor University has an endowment of $936 million, or slightly more than Baylor College of Medicine’s $874 million. Rice’s is $3.6 billion.

Baylor College of Medicine sought independence from Baylor University four decades ago because the Baptist General Convention of Texas was giving the medical school minuscule funding and expressing concern that BCM federal funding might violate its ideal of the separation of church and state; and because BCM could more easily attract Houston philanthropy on its own than as part of a Waco school.

Baylor University severed ties with the Baptist General Convention of Texas in 1991.

The leader of a Rice faculty movement opposed to the merger applauded the news."

I learned from another source that only 3 of the top 25 universities do not have an affiliated medical school.