https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/06/market-model-university
If you can, read the whole thing. This article outlines the changes in higher education since the 1960s; particularly the effect of money concerns on the humanities. One interesting thought: in 1998, when this was published, my family didn’t yet own a computer or a cell phone. Imagine the societal changes since the year this article was written.