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There are more medical school graduates than residency positions available.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 6 @ 8:35 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Carlos "Scooter" Griffin - Tax Payer-Gregg County </span> </p> <p class="comment">Great Educational Need being met!</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206647362292834"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10206647362292834/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 6 @ 9:23 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10206647362292834">Dave Lambert</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">How is it being funded?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821275567969504"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748im_/http://graph.facebook.com/821275567969504/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 6 @ 10:32 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821275567969504">Steve Erwin</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">I hope they come up with a better short name for the place.</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10200843063756503"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10200843063756503/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 6 @ 11:51 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10200843063756503">Angela Moore</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Jacob Moore Lucy Welsh</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153355732285837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 7 @ 9:39 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> DO student </span> </p> <p class="comment">Fort Worth medical facilities don't have room for another class of students and their learning will suffer as a result. Texas needs residencies, not more medical students to clog the system. How unfortunate for the current osteopathic students and the state of Texas, which already has 3 other medical schools opening in the near future.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 7 @ 1:25 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> K.D. Thomas </span> </p> <p class="comment">DO student, I am glad you answered the question. As a Texan who prefers osteopathic physicians for several reasons, I am concerned about the quality of care. </p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 10 @ 7:08 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Dormand Long </span> </p> <p class="comment">It is good to see that UNT is finally applying its scarce resources to fields with a greater need for graduates.<br/><br/>It was a major disappointment to see scarce resources devoted to the law school in downtown Dallas<br/>opened during an era in which there is virtually no demand for the graduates of start-up law schools,<br/><br/>The New York Times has run multiple pieces on the dismal state of job hunting for fourth tier law school graduates.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, many of those who go into debt to attend UNT Law will probably not be able to retire their student loan indebtedness with earnings as an attorney.<br/><br/>If we seek to have low income, high potential students earn a law degree, let's give them grants<br/>to attend establshed and respected law schools at SMU, Baylor, UT or South Texas,<br/><br/>What we really need to to make vast increases in our human capital development infrastructure to develop RNs in a quantity that the US would become self-sufficient in this most critical resource, and not have to send recruiters around the world to literally steal the very scarce RNs serving developing countries.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> </ul> </section> </div> <div class=" rail cell w-4 hide-for-medium-down"> <section class="trib_newsletter"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20150804113748/http://texastribune.us3.list-manage2.com/subscribe/post?u=3d0ce87edeeb6df90043897db&id=68501b81bf" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate> <header> <h2>Sign Up for The 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