The "ideal that gave birth to the university in the form that we recognize it" is inherently aristocratic. If the financial investment in university doesn't pr

The "ideal that gave birth to the university in the form that we recognize it" is inherently aristocratic. If the financial investment in university doesn't provide social mobility, if it's a nebulous "preparation for citizenship," then you're essentially asserting, by default, that people who are blind to the financial ROI of university are better citizens.