Endowment

On Nov. 5, 2009, seven of my colleagues and I brought the "Academics First!" resolution to the best-attended Academic Senate faculty meeting in years where it passed by a large margin.

However, the situation differs for alumni and donors to the university. Football games, and their outcomes, influence if and how much they donate. Much like a “free” lunch, the relationship is not contractual, but it very much exists implicitly.

UC finances are up $5 billion over the last quarter, the UC Board of Regents heard at the Tuesday meeting of its investments subcommittee.

In the face of declining state appropriations, the campus has looked to rely more heavily on philanthropy, but has faced a significant cultural problem.