In a Post and Courier editorial, Robert Freer, a visting business professor at The Citadel, proposes that the City of Charleston purchase for-profit Charleston Law School. InfiLaw, owner of three other law schools, is currently seeking to buy it and Freer fears that InfiLaw will simply bleed Charleston of its surplus.
A piece of Freer's argument:
Ownership by the City of Charleston would fit a mold that is as ancient as the ownership of City Law School in London, which has absorbed the ancient and venerable Inns Of Court, and as diverse as schools in New York, Oklahoma City and other jurisdictions, which have found this approach meets their need. It would not be a drain on the city as even with the current uncertainty, the law school is profitable.
I 'm confident that the folks at OCU will be surprised to learn that the school is city owned!
Answer: No.