> for-profit, paid universities? Asking alumni for donations is done very frequently by non-profit private universities, which you're probably confusing for fo

> for-profit, paid universities? Asking alumni for donations is done very frequently by non-profit private universities, which you're probably confusing for for-profit. Harvard is an example of such a university. I don't know if for-profit schools also ask for donations, but those sort of schools are generally quite disreputable and frankly low class. An example is the now-defunct ITT Tech, which was best known for spamming cheap cable television ads.