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The 2009 “Toolbox” Report and the Japanese Garden (& Other Issues)

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Given the ongoing budget crisis, UCLA formed a task force to look at various revenue-generating options.  The report of the task force is dated April 24, 2009.  Among the possibilities considered was the sale of various properties including the Japanese Garden.  The report indicates that consultations with the state Attorney General were underway well before the 2010 court decision that permitted the sale, even though it was inconsistent with the existing terms of the donation.The report explores other areas such as faculty pay, fund raising, “branding,” and tuition.  You can read the full report at the link below (scroll towards…

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UCLA History: Fundraising

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The issues of the sale of the Japanese Garden and the construction of the hotel/conference center both point to fundraising and gifts to UCLA.  The recent history of UCLA – UCLA: The First Century – has a section on the early days of fundraising.  (See an earlier blog post on the book.) In the book is the undated photo on the left of Dean Neil Jacoby of the business school promoting his idea of a building for the school.  The book, incidentally, incorrectly gives his dates as dean as 1948-73.  In fact, when yours truly arrived on campus in the…

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Fundraising problems for UC?

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A news report suggests alumni reluctance. Excerpt below: As the University of California’s regents look for new sources of money to make up for state budget cuts, they are finding that university alumni are not as willing to donate as they may have hoped. In interviews, a dozen alumni who paid more modest sums for tuition several years ago say they are less apt to give if it means maintaining existing programs or staff salaries, rather than say, expanding university offerings. “What we have found is that a lot of the alumni think back to when they went to school…

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Zen Vetoes

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Governor Brown has been vetoing and signing. Among the vetoes were two that would have made commercial initiative signature gathering more difficult. One was a ban on paying signature gatherers by the signature. They would have then been paid by the hour which would have changed the incentive structure in a way that would have undermined name gathering. In theory, they would have sat in front of supermarkets and watched the clock tick rather than annoy people into signing. And he vetoed another bill that would have required signature gatherers to wear large badges saying they were being paid. Presumably,…

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Credit Where It’s Due?

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CaliforniaWatch has an article today about deals between credit card companies and universities which give the card offerers exclusive rights to mailing lists. The article is based on data released annually by the Federal Reserve. It appears that in the case of UCLA, the deal is with the UCLA Alumni Association and not UCLA itself. In 2010, the Association received $733,318 based on 26,505. The contract indicates that the card issuer has access to “members” defined as follows: “Member” means alumni, fans, ticket holders or supporters of the University of California, Los Angeles Athletic Department (“UCLA Athletic Department”) and/or other…

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More on Looking at the Law School’s Gift Horse

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An earlier blog post noted the controversy over the Milken gift to the UCLA Law School to set up an institute on business law and policy. The controversy seems to have triggered a message from the Law School Dean now posted on the School’s website and a job description that is being circulated for the executive director of the new Institute. Below is 1) the message from the dean on the controversy, 2) the job description in italics, and 3) the original announcement of the gift. Our earlier post is at: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/08/ucla-law-schools-gift-horse.html ——– An Important Message from Dean Rachel F….

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UCLA Law School’s Gift Horse

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Milken’s Gift Stirs Dispute at U.C.L.A. Law School Inside Higher Ed points to the story (excerpted) below in a blog of the NY Times: When the U.C.L.A. School of Law announced a $10 million gift from Lowell Milken to establish a business law institute in his name earlier this month, the university described him as a “pioneer in education reform” and a “leading philanthropist.” Behind the scenes, Mr. Milken’s big donation has set off an internal debate at the school. While many faculty members welcomed the money, one of the University of California, Los Angeles’s top business law professors has…

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How Transparent Should UC Foundations Be? The Governor Will Give Us His View Soon

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Bill on university groups’ public disclosure heads to Jerry Brown CapitolAlert, 8/18/11 Leland Yee is hoping the third time’s a charm. Senate Bill 8, which would expand the authority of the California Public Records Act on the state’s college campuses, is heading to Gov. Jerry Brown for consideration. The San Francisco Democrat’s two previous bills to subject college auxiliary organizations, such as foundations, to the state’s public records act were vetoed by then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Senate approved amendments to the current version today, 36-1, sending it to Brown’s desk. …(L)ast year the foundation at California State University, Stanislaus,…

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Lawful Money

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Milken Foundation gives $10M to UCLA law school Daily News, 08/09/2011 LOS ANGELES – Lowell Milken gave UCLA’s law school $10 million, putting it ahead of schedule in raising $100 million over five years, it was announced today. The fundraising drive was started in 2008 to benefit student scholarships, attract and retain faculty and to support centers and institutes that inform law and public policy. The gift from Milken, the biggest in the law school’s history, will be used to start the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy… Full article at http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_18645516 Down it comes:

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Congratulations to UC-SD: But are they sure there what they are getting?

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Geisel gives $2 million to fix chancellor’s residence: House used in fundraising and UCSD events is currently uninhabitable Pat Flynn, Dec. 16, 2010, San Diego Union-Tribune Audrey Geisel, a longtime benefactor of the University of California San Diego, has donated $2 million to jump-start renovation of University House, the currently uninhabitable residence meant for use by the campus’ chancellor. Geisel, the widow of Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, author of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” among many other books, was given in honor of the university’s 50th anniversary, which is being celebrated this year. In 2004, engineers determined that University House…