there seems to be enough blame to go around https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2019/04/15/why-are-universities-losing-their-way/#410397d32e52
There are a lot of people who would love to teach more and not be forced to publish a bunch of junk articles just to make the university look better. If every university stopped trying to be a Tier 1 research institution, faculty members would have more time to do the stuff they used to.
