UCLA surpasses $4.2 billion fundraising goal, a boon for a public campus faced with diminished state aid
LOS ANGELES - The University of California, Los Angeles has surpassed its $4.2 billion fundraising goal 18 months ahead of schedule, marking one of the nation's most successful efforts by a public university to woo philanthropic dollars, campus officials announced Wednesday.
The Westwood campus will continue to raise money, potentially breaking $5 billion by the time it completes the campaign it launched in 2012 to commemorate UCLA's 100th anniversary next year.
The sum is smaller than the $6-billion haul reached last year by crosstown rival the University of Southern California, whose fundraising juggernaut has helped the Trojans poach top faculty talent from the Bruins in recent years. But
