I guess is that you haven't set foot in a uni for a very long time:). I left working for one in Europe after 15 years because it became brain-dead after decades of neo-liberalism rule. I suggest reading the EU Bologna Agreement.... the opening sentence states it is about "harmonising the educational market" in short commodifying education and its students. This has created a climate where only the slack masters and the incompetent survive. All the decent teachers I knew have taken the first opportunity to leave.