They shouldn't be. It should be a great opportunity, but only if higher education is willing to face change, and wants to meet the corporations' needs, rather than their own. Higher education can no longer just sit back and collect tuition, lecture, and send the students out the door. Partnerships with corporate universities could provide tremendous opportunities.
Corporate universities require excellence, timeliness, and expect exceptional customer satisfaction.
If higher education can meet these expectations, the opportunities are unlimited. If they cannot, private training institutions will be glad to take the business, or the corporate university will be forced to be internally self-sustaining rather than forming partnerships.