<p>@ CollectivSynergy, as faculty and a scientist, let me tell you the colleges and universities do not underwrite the research! We have to beat the bushes to get research money from private foundations, the Federal government, or private industry. That goes for hiring our assistants and buying our equipment. private unviersities are known as “soft money” schools in my line of work, because without the external funding, you are out of a job.</p>