Oxford University

Historically--if you read about the history of the university--the university has had intense hositiliy with the people of Oxford.  Wars were fought in medieval times.  You can still see that: the university (through its various colleges and departments) is extremely unwelcoming of the community.  They have still walls and gates and checkpionts and they restrict exchanges between the community and the university.  This is unlike the American univeristy: where is is (with exceptions) constructed as part of the community.  The oldest American universities were formed on the same elitist principles.