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U-CVS-LA?

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Why does the item below make me nervous?  From the LA Times (excerpt): UCLA doctors to oversee 11 CVS in-store clinics: Doctors will serve as medical directors for 11 CVS MinuteClinics in Los Angeles County through an agreement with UCLA Health System. Pharmacy giant CVS Caremark Corp. and UCLA Health System are teaming up to treat patients in 11 in-store clinics in Los Angeles County as one remedy to a growing shortage of primary care physicians. Under this arrangement, UCLA physicians will serve as medical directors overseeing 11 CVS MinuteClinics and the two entities will share electronic medical records. …Drugstore…

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How the Hotel Sausage Got Made

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CaliforniaWatchhas a story on the UCLA hotel project that recently passed the Regents.  It notes problems that this blog has pointed out: “(Chancellor) Block noted in his presentation that the hotel and conference center would serve not only academic conference attendees, but also donors, parents and alumni coming to UCLA for activities ‘in furtherance of UCLA’s educational mission.’ But critics have noted that the Internal Revenue Service has treated alumni, for example, as members of the general public, suggesting that the university could be exposed to the unrelated business income tax. According to ‘The Tax Law of Colleges and Universities’…

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Empowered to the People: Poizner-UCLA Extension Online Venture Launching

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This blog has written in the past about online education and, in particular, a venture called “Empowered” involving UCLA Extension and Steve Poizner which seems about the launch.  Poizner, some will recall, was a GOP candidate for governor in 2010, losing the nomination to Meg Whitman in the primary (who then lost to Jerry Brown).  The program offers certificates in various management and other fields with a sticker price of $12,800, although students in the first class get a reduced price of $9,800.   An iPad is thrown in “free,” however.   The launch comes with a slick video which –…

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One Suspects We Will Be Hearing More About This Issue

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Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/20/12 UCLA Faculty Leader Found to Have Wronged Professor to Appease Jewish Group By Peter Schmidt A faculty panel at the University of California at Los Angeles has admonished the chairman of the university’s Academic Senate for violating the rights of an associate professor who had been accused by an outside advocacy group of misusing his position to call for a boycott of Israel.  In a letter issued this month, the UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom held that the Senate’s chairman, Andrew F. Leuchter, was wrong to have told the advocacy group and the…

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Too Much?

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The LA Times today features a UCLA study finding that folks in LA suffer from having too much stuff.  They just can’t help themselves and overdo it, adding more than they need.  Excerpt: About 10 years ago, Rhonda Voo’s house was a mess. Shelves packed with Beanie Babies, Barbies and various other toys covered the walls in her cramped three-bedroom, one bathroom house. With three children between the ages of 5 and 11, Voo discovered that even finding a pair of shoes became a daily challenge.  “It’s like all the stuff you own kind of weighs you down,” said Voo,…

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Lt. Gov. Newsom Sends Letter to Chancellor Block on Japanese Garden Sale

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Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom sent a letter to Chancellor Block dated July 3 concerning the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.  Newsom is an ex officio Regent.  The letter asks that public access to the Garden be preserved and that UCLA explore alternatives to the planned sale. As a prior post noted, at their recent meeting, the Regents reviews litigation on this matter.  The Newsom letter is dated before the meeting took place although it is possible that some advance material was circulated to Regents. You can read the letter below: Open publication – Free publishing – More gavin newsom You never…

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Audio on the UCLA Hotel from the Regents Meeting of 7-17-12

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Because of interest in the UCLA hotel/conference center discussion at the Regents meeting of 7-17-2012, here is a more accessible posting of the audio from that date, just on the hotel.  It is easier to navigate than the earlier posting. Part 1 – Lawyer Statement Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

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Making Elephants Fly

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Approval by the Regents of the UCLA hotel/conference center in its present iteration may have been inevitable but it does not change the underlying economic reality of the project.  It either is a white elephant or it isn’t.  And the underlying economic reality goes beyond this specific proposal.  Whether the governor’s tax initiative passes or not, the long-term outlook for the state’s support for UC is not bright.  In an earlier post, this blog reproduced a chart from the UCLA Anderson Forecast showing the growing California  job gap between the pre-1990 trend line and the actual results.  Moreover the chart…

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Where Was UCLA?

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As this item is being posted, the Regents are considering endorsement of the governor’s tax initiative.  Part of the process was a memorial from the faculty on that issue.  Above is a tabulation on the Regents’ agenda reporting the faculty vote.  Of those voting, 93% favored the endorsement.  But note that for whatever reason, few faculty members at UCLA voted.  In fact, fewer voted at UCLA than at any other campus including much smaller Merced.  Eric Hays of CUCFA brought this fact to my attention. The item including the table above is athttp://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/regmeet/jul12/f2.pdf

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UCLA Med Center Rated #1 in California; 5 in U.S.

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From the LA Times: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center nabbed top honors among California hospitals in the latest U.S. News & World Report annual rankings.  The Los Angeles medical center ranked No. 5 nationally in the publisher’s annual honor roll of best hospitals. Only one other hospital in the state, UC San Francisco Medical Center, made the national honor roll of 17 hospitals. It ranked No. 13.   The online magazine said it analyzed patient survival rates, infection rates, safety measures, staffing ratios and other data… Full story at http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-hospital-rankings-20120717,0,4972814.story The listing is at http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-hospitals/articles/2012/07/16/best-hospitals-2012-13-the-honor-roll