But many in the higher education community have argued that the benefits of research extend beyond universities' bottom lines.
In 2011, the University of Chicago made Gates its director of Arts and Public Life, charged with extending the university's reach beyond its Hyde Park neighborhood.
Kicker Caleb Sturgis accounted for all the Gators' scoring, connecting on field goals of 38, 22 and 50 yards, the last of which extended his university record for field goals made from 50 yards or farther to eight.
They brought to their inquiry a clear perspective on the effects of racism, a casual, covert, liberal racism that extends from university art departments to the commercial gallery system.
In the early 2000s, young Hungarians saw their prospects at home vanishing, and many – including Kovács and Dada – extended their university studies for up to a decade, while others sought opportunities elsewhere in Europe, a trend that has continued unabated.
He said Harvard accounted for the relationships in a standard fashion and that they were not a backdoor way of extending the university's money management prowess to others, although all the firms except Sowood also manage money for other institutions.
Another objection might be that the extension of human moral status to "lesser animals" somehow diminishes the value of that status for humans, as extending a university diploma to those who do not deserve it lessens the value of that diploma for those who do.
I don't actually think we should be extending the university training.
"Faculty, staff, alumni and students here are 100 percent committed to the Wisconsin idea, the nearly 100-year-old idea that the boundaries of the university extend to the boundaries of the state," she said.
Ahmed's qualifications for the prestigious university extend beyond his now-viral answer.
