Were you at a for-profit university, chasbot1?
Whatever your view of them, it is not the government's business to restrict or prohibit for-profit universities.
Yes, academic freedom is limited in many for-profit universities, but that's a good thing.
The university has undergone a transition from a small struggling non-profit liberal arts college to a large modern for-profit private university.
International American University is a non-accredited private for-profit university of higher learning offering programs through both distance education and classroom instruction.
The college was subsequently sold to private investors and reorganized as a for-profit university headquartered in the District of Columbia.
In addition, dozens of for-profit universities quickly sprung up around the city.
The non-traditional universities are, the most part, for-profit universities, and, with a few exceptions, don't have the same prestige as the above "traditional" ones.
Other for-profit universities have also established campuses in the city.
In the US, for-profit private universities rely almost entirely on student fees since they lack endowments or direct public funding.