The author explicitly mentions conflict of interest: There are conflicts of interest here; and questions of power dynamics. The leadership of a university has

The author explicitly mentions conflict of interest: There are conflicts of interest here; and questions of power dynamics. The leadership of a university has encouraged an endeavor in which students drop out in order to do something that will enrich the faculty. ryguytilidie then made the connection to what some of the problems are with this conflict of interest. One of them relates to students dropping out but having paid for school.