In the 60s, there was opposition to the Defense research grants to universities. That was the theoretical reason for bombing Stirling Hall, at UW-Madison, IIRC.
I’m not hearing one word against any university for any reason, this time. Tuition costs are being blamed on banks, even though the government is the biggest source of student loans.
Rather than furthering research for the national defense and interest, the universities are furthering the idea of total governmental control. This includes any corporate research, as long as some sort public-private partnership is in operation. That was called fascism in the 60s. Today, it is called responsible.
The universities and the professors are all enabling this occupation, along with a select number of corporate entities. These few corporations get a pass, it seems, on personhood. No one wants the government out of anything. They want the government to be in dictatorial charge of everything.
This will change dramatically once the government is no longer mostly leftist.
We had an “Occupy GR” (Grand Rapids) protest at the Monument Square corner this afternoon.
It consisted of one 19 or 20 year old slacker holding up a hand-lettered sign of corrugated cardboard.
There are, hmm, four different universities which have a presence in downtown.