But we are not creating new ones, or even discussing new ones. It ought to be coming up all over, like dandelions in spring. And conservatives favor conserving things. The tradition embodied by existing universities means much to them. Conservatism's basic character as a worldview and personality-type has always favored the Left in institutional struggles.
Leftists are more likely to ditch old institutions, conservatives to hang on no matter what.
This part of the picture is fixed and won't change. The teaching of science and technology is an expensive proposition nowadays. But our biggest problems don't concern science and technology. It's easy to imagine a new college that teaches arts and humanities and makes a deal with some existing institution to supply science and technology instruction. No courses on Deconstructing Soap Opera either, or Feminist Approaches to Dogs in Comic Books.