I don't think this is true. These institutions did used to care about academic freedom and the ideals they were built around. They have become enormous and full

I don't think this is true. These institutions did used to care about academic freedom and the ideals they were built around. They have become enormous and full of money and administrators who don't want to jeopardize the gravy train they're on. And now academic freedom is just a marketing term rather than something real