While I understand the need for innovation and diversity, the main campus web site is not the place for it. Some centralized management is necessary to ensure legal standards are maintained. Brand, institutional identity, one brand, ease of use. Marketing model consistency. Key people should be responsible for look.
Identity needs to be maintained.
Centralized does not remove the curve of education, because staff can enroll in classes to further education. Taxpayers are benefited by centralized based on training costs and salaries. In academia, distributed web development is better. Centralized development is censorship. More diversity of ideas.