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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I was a billionaire, instead of giving HYP another 100 million, I'd offer 10mm each to 10 of these colleges to help pay for one new 200-bed dorm each. Effectively adding a whole SLAC-size group of kids to the pool.

These schools could all grow 10%. Kids would be happier to have a few more kids. Classes would go from 12 kids per class to 13. who cares.

We need to expand opportunities [/quote]

Because when you grow, acceptance rate goes up and endowment per student goes down. We can’t have that, can we?[/quote]
That’s not really the problem. The issue is you tend to want to be able to offer what you promote at an LAC. 200 new kids means extra millions needing to go towards summer research project and internship funding. It means needing to add more faculty in various areas- you need faculty to advise and organize senior theses. If those students go into lab science, waste management and spending shoots up. You also will have to spend more on financial aid.

Could some of them expand? Sure, and many are making attempts through donor dollars. But overwhelmingly, it costs money to add students to campus, and you get very little out of 100 person expansion.[/quote]

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