NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A historically black university in New Orleans has its seventh agreement to fast-track medical school acceptance for some students. Xavier University of Louisiana and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston announced their early assurance program on Wednesday. It lets three qualified students a year participate in the collaborative medical track program with Baylor. Xavier regularly places the nation’s largest number of African American graduates into medical schools.

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