It was still profit-motivated back then, at least in the positive self-interest manner.
The difference is that colleges actually educated students, and students were actually there to learn.
The difference is that colleges actually educated students, and students were actually there to learn.
Seeking profit above all else is not healthy.
Creating a business used to be done by people who had a skill and wanted to make a living doing it. They wanted their business to be their job. No blacksmiths started a business because they wanted to become rich. They wanted to be blacksmiths, they had pride in their work, and they wanted to have money to live as well.