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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Academic Medical Expertise and Public Policy Credentialing

Description

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) appears as one of Joey Lucas’s alma maters, cited to establish her educational credentials and social provenance during the Oval Office interrogation. It functions as a recognizable higher-education institution that confers legitimacy and reputational context for characters; the processed material depicts no internal governance, policy actions, or institutional interventions, presenting UCLA solely as background credentialing.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events
S3E11 · 100,000 Airplanes
Bartlet and Sam Lamentably Shelve the Cancer-Cure Pledge

UCLA flagged as key university brain trust for press-ready oncologists, its recruitment infeasibility sealing the draft's fate.

Active Representation

Directly referenced in expert assembly list

Power Dynamics

Academic autonomy trumping urgent White House demands

Institutional Impact

Underscores tensions between politics and academia

Organizational Goals
Uphold research independence Manage faculty availability
Influence Mechanisms
Decentralized expertise deployment Bureaucratic response lags