There certainly is a problem in universities and some of it might be a recent cultural development. It also isn't restricted to US universities either and some

There certainly is a problem in universities and some of it might be a recent cultural development. It also isn't restricted to US universities either and some of it mirrors the a church that wanted to keep some knowledge under wraps. Publishing is also a perverted circus if you indeed are employed as a scientist and want to publish your work/findings. That said, just razing everything down is probably not the solution, especially if there are indeed no ideas how to improve the current state.