It was solely UC's decision to pull the lectures rather than comply with the 36 year old law that they were already well aware of but decided of their own accord to ignore. They never cared about being charitable, they cared about the ROI on their marketing stunt to make themselves look charitable.
They are a government land-grant public institution that is supposed to provide services equitably to their citizens. They shouldn’t be pinching pennies to enrich their administrators. They should be held accountable for following the law and their obligations in the work they are required to do. If anyone should be setting an example for equity, or at the least following its own damn laws, it should be our government itself.
