I do feel like universities have an identity crisis recently - are they research centers? Are they educational institutions? Right now they are like Jack of all trades and masters of none (heck, educational sciences fail to adopt and implement results of their own research about education!)

But that's my own pet peeve. I do also see how universities are destroying themselves by pouring money into things that help publicity but do nothing for education quality - the only thing that any motivated student would care about now considering that graduation from a uni doesn't guarantee a job anymore (that, and the fact that companies are desperate looking for talented and skilled young workers, not certificate holders with nothing to show for it).