Colleges and universities in Dorvik shifted between public and private oversight throughout the years of varied rule in Dorvik, underneath Raymond Petrov, later Raymond von Petrov, he founded that State University of Kordusia which was a test bed for comprehensive educational reform in Dorvik. The State University of Kordusia became a success over its first several decades of existence and was soon copied in Westmark, Miktar, Largonia and Dorvan. These respective colleges, schools and universities eventually became leading institutions throughout Dorvik and Artania, the entire system if operated by the respective regions of Dorvik with funding coming from the central government in Haldor.