Alumni at prestigious college withhold donations as campus restricts free speech

Education watchdog says more donors are voting with their wallets: ‘They should know they aren’t walking checkbooks’

The American Council of Trustees and Alumni recently conducted a survey that revealed a majority of major donors to Davidson College are dissatisfied with the growing ideological imbalance and intolerance of free speech the college has taken in the last decade.

“Many have cut back their philanthropic support to the college in response, which is a serious threat to the institution,” according to the council’s report on the small, private North Carolina-based college.