If Universities and Colleges are increasingly dependent on billionaire donors

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2. I don't think they ever were very objective

Everyone's growing an agenda and seeking expanded budgets for their department. Could be as simple as attract more students to this major, or have corporate strings.

Company towns just about ran company town universities. Public education has local ties. Even community colleges are skewed to the local labor markets, employers, and faculty who live and work there.