Whaaaaa?
Is he saying, professors should work for nothing and the grounds should be cared for by gardeners who earn nothing, and textbooks should be donated free from companies, and the heating and Ac should be provide for free, no one getting paid, just slaves working to provide the students with an Ivy covered building as backdrop to bacchanalia?
How can we force university employees to keep working with no pay? Isn’t slavery outlawed?
I’m sure he’s not thought that deeply, but had heard of countries where a university education is free, and no the faculty and groundskeepers in those countries are paid (sometimes very well). The thing is, wherever that is the case, there are rigorous entrance exams, so few students (by American standards) go to university. The costs are paid by a combination of income from endowments and government subventions — the latter justified by the argument that providing a university education to those bright enough to make the admissions cut is a public good, since it is training the future leaders of society (in the sciences, politics, the arts,...).