Harvard president compares fundraising changes to abolition of slavery

The president of Harvard University has apologized for likening the 13th amendment to the US constitution – which abolished slavery – to changes in how colleges raise funds. On Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported, Larry Bacow suggested that as the 13th amendment outlawed slavery, wealthy alumni could no longer be “owned” by their alma maters. The comment came during a meeting of “hundreds” of fundraising and alumni relations staffers, in a discussion of a fundr