Donors Shouldn’t Get to Run Colleges, Ex Penn Board Chair Says After Exit

College donors shouldn’t get a prominent say in how those institutions function, according to the former board chair at the University of Pennsylvania, who stepped down in the wake of escalating attacks led by donors.

“I think donors are absolutely free to give to whatever organizations they want or not to, and to withhold for any reason they choose to,” Scott Bok said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “But they are not shareholders, so I don’t think they should have a particularly loud voice on how universities are run.”