Our previous post noted that donors do not inherently insist
on capital projects. In fact, UCLA just got
$20 million, it was announced yesterday, for environmental teaching and
research:
Some dutiful blog readers will recall that over a year ago
we posted an interview with Mark Yudof in which he insisted that UC puts donor
money into buildings only when the donors absolutely insist on it – which is
not at all the history of the UCLA Grand Hotel.
You can find the audio of the interview at:
The fact is that donors have interests beyond bricks and
mortar – IF you don’t twist their arms.
We know. When there is a build-and-bond empire to sustain, it's hard to resist the twist:
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