Opinion: The University of Alabama returned a donor's money because he wanted to dictate school policy, not because he opposed Alabama’s anti-abortion law, writes Steven J. Arango
When the University of Alabama decided to return a $21.5 million donation to investor Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. and remove his name from its law school, Mr. Culverhouse claimed it was retaliation for his speaking out against Alabama’s new abortion law. But the university’s decision had nothing to do with abortion.
Mr. Culverhouse made the gift last September, but it ended up being conditional. He demanded that the law school increase the size of its student body by as much as half. Alabama has consistently ranked among America’s...
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