The establishment corrupted the universities with money. Funding studies that produced only the desired outcome and student loans.
It was first, shading the results on the studies and then mandating the results. Every study produced results that said we needed more government control. Ditto, student loads with the terms. They were slippery slopes that trapped the universities in over time.
“The establishment corrupted the universities with money. Funding studies that produced only the desired outcome and student loans.”
When money is tight, people are extremely judicious in carefully making choices so they can get the most value from the dollar spent. When money is “free” poor choices are frequent and often fatal.
The universities and professors wanted to be "corrupted" and "trapped." The professors wanted power and wanted to influence politics and policy.