Hidden connections: Knowledge, universities, blood, expectations, taxes, research, and endowments

“The most important possession of Colleges and Universities is not their endowments, nor facilities nor even the faculty, administrators and trustees. The possession that is important above all is integrity. In the end, the structure of governance must protect the ability of higher education to carry on, with integrity, the essential functions of teaching and research.” Carnegie Foundation. The Control of the Campus [1].