Donations paid to the university are used to fund generous scholarships to students that would otherwise not have been able to attend. Stanford doesn't charge t

Donations paid to the university are used to fund generous scholarships to students that would otherwise not have been able to attend. Stanford doesn't charge tuition for families making less than $125,000. And ~30% of their undergraduate population are first generation college students. Would the university be able to afford this if the donations-for-easier-admissions scheme didn't exist? Maybe, maybe not, but the reality is that the resources of universities does come in large part from the patronage of wealthy people.