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Spot.us - Story: The Investors’ Club: How the University of California Regents Spin Public Money into Private Profit

The Investors’ Club: How the University of California Regents Spin Public Money into Private Profit

“As universities become glorified vocational schools for corporations they adopt values and operating techniques of the corporations they serve.” – Chris Hedges (Empire of Illusion, 2009)

This piece has been republished by The Berkeley Daily Planet. A version of it also ran in the Sacramento News & Review, North Bay Bohemian, and the SF Public Press. Analysis fromCalifornia Watch.

• Part One: The Investor's Club - Published below.

Introduction and overview of the 8-part investigation. The eight parts of this investigation and two appendixes are linked within the introduction. They may be read sequentially or as stand alone stories.

• See Part Two: The Smell Test
  

How to tell the difference between a conflict of interest and a coincidence.