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April 23, 2012
Cover Story
BOONDOGGLE U.
Cash-strapped taxpayers were already struggling to support the University of California. So why did state lawmakers build a tenth campus in the middle of nowhere?
By Charlotte Allen
Also in This Issue
- Civil Society Reconsidered — Gertrude Himmelfarb
This issue featured Charlotte Allen's investigation into the University of California's construction of a tenth campus in a remote location despite severe budget constraints on the state system, raising questions about fiscal responsibility and government priorities. The cover also highlighted Gertrude Himmelfarb's essay reconsidering civil society, reflecting the magazine's broader concerns with institutional effectiveness and social organization during a period of economic strain.