LA Times wrote about this yesterday:
Sanjay Madhav, an associate professor .. said that these and other costly ventures were part of a “series of poor decisions” made by university leadership in recent years.

“The administration has made a lot of irresponsible financial decisions,” said Madhav, who is involved in a #union organizing effort for non-tenure track professors. “The regular employees, they ultimately pay the price for the poor decisions.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-15/usc-budget-deficit-layoffs

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