A true reporter might like to go to one of our “typical” universities and do an in-depth analysis of all employed by the institution. It would be interesting to see the percentage breakout of employees, what they do, etc.
I strongly suspect that the vast majority of campus funds do not go to any true academic endeavors. And that the vast majority of the so-called academic departments are not academic in any true form.
And the “students”. Ah, the “students”. A true analysis there would most probably reveal the fact that a sizable percentage of them really are not college material.