If anything America has a way more varied system of universities and research centers, for virtue of being bigger,richer and with a culture of generous donation

If anything America has a way more varied system of universities and research centers, for virtue of being bigger,richer and with a culture of generous donations by private individuals. A system like that has good things and bad things, compared to say Germany or France where most universities and research centers are more or less equivalent in funding, prestige, salaries and lines of research.