( Huffington Post initially reported that the Indiana University campus had banned the restaurant. And as The New York Times reports, “Students at some universities have also begun trying to get the chain removed from campuses.” Indiana University at South Bend and Florida Gulf Coast University are mentioned in a Huffington Post article about the controversy as places where student groups are attempting to get the restaurant removed from campus. Its official mission includes a commitment “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.” And the Cathy family has contributed money, partly through the Winshape Foundation, to various Christian and pro-family causes.īecause of Chick-fil-A’s support for pro-family causes, it has recently run afoul of some gay bloggers who have called for a boycott of the restaurant chain. Truett Cathy, and run by his two sons, has a handful of other distinctions. The company, which is privately owned by its 89-year-old founder, S. Chick-fil-A is a fast-food company that operates primarily in the Southern states and has a devoted following of millions of ornithovores. When I think about the future of higher education I don’t normally think about hand-breaded chicken-breast sandwiches, but I can make an exception. This article was originally published on the Chronicle of Higher Education's Innovations blog.
