http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/donors-ucla-foundation-removed-248713.aspx
The Daily Bruin version, based on the release, is at:
http://dailybruin.com/2013/10/02/luskins-ucla-foundation-dismissed-as-defendants-in-case/
According to the media release, it was "shameful" that the plaintiffs had included the donors. Actually, there are other aspects - not mentioned in the media release - that are a shame, as this blog has pointed out many times. It is a shame that UCLA (and other UC campuses) are focusing donations on physical plant rather than human capital. It is a shame that the Regents have no independent review capacity for reviewing hundreds of millions of dollars of capital projects that are quickly passed before them and ultimately rubber-stamp the plans. It is a shame that at Regents meetings, the governor focuses on the petty cash drawer - MOOCs and online education - while ignoring the trainloads of money in capital projects whizzing by. It is a shame that donor money is somehow regarded as not subject to trade-offs. (Channeling more of it into X means less available for Y.)
Ain't that a shame?
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