Trinity Loses Donations, Students After Facebook Posts

Colleges and Universities A-Z Trinity College (Connecticut)
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"Donors have pulled back and incoming students have decided to go elsewhere in response to the firestorm that erupted from a professor’s racially-charged Facebook posts, Trinity College’s president said Monday.

Joanne Berger-Sweeney said 16 incoming students have withdrawn and past donors have chosen not to contribute to the school this year, resulting in about a $200,000 loss in donations. Both groups specifically cited the national uproar surrounding Professor Johnny Eric Williams’ posts, she said." …

http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-trinity-johnny-williams-backlash-20170731-story.html

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I’m surprised they only lost $200,000 in donations.

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^^They may have lost more, but perhaps the $200,000 is the amount they can directly quantify