An interesting donor-intent case involving Tulane University and Newcomb College goes to oral arguments on May 8. In short, plaintiffs allege that Tulane is using post-Katrina reconstruction as an opportunity to absorb Newcomb College and seize its assets, even though Newcomb donors have insisted that the college for women maintain a separate identity within Tulane. A pro-plaintiff group called The Future of Newcomb College has an extensive website, with a summary of the facts here.
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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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