…Taylor places the blame for the funding shortfall on the University of California Office of the President. Year after year, the office has provided inadequate funding, he said. The program is funded through a combination of student fees, state money and private philanthropy, as well as government grants for research, Taylor said. UC spokesman Ricardo Vasquez said the continued success of the pharmacy program remains a priority for the Office of the President and UCSD. "Unfortunately, California’s severe budget crisis makes it extremely difficult to remedy financial shortfalls in the short term," Vazquez said… The UC system’s only other pharmacy school, at UCSF, is also encountering budget-related accreditation issues.

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by Sherry Saavedra, The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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