UNC is not alone. Many of these concerns or criticisms could be applied to many other universities in the US. I say this not to be dismissive, but to suggest t

UNC is not alone. Many of these concerns or criticisms could be applied to many other universities in the US. I say this not to be dismissive, but to suggest that there is a national trend that is part of a larger set of problems. Some of it reflects party-line politics, but some of it does not, and party has become somewhat of a scapegoat, or a slightly misguided source of blame. The heightened susceptibility of public universities to some problems follows from their nature as governmental institutions. However, I do think a lot of similar problems are playing out in some private institutions, due to the fact that many similar phenomena are manifesting at the federal level, through policy and funding leverage, and trickle down effects through private donor patterns.