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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many have been, and then parents and students and the community complain about over-crowded dorms, the school renting hotels, etc.[/quote]

True. But Rice has been slowly expanding from 4000 to 5200 students over a few years. And they've built the infrastructure for it, including a new residential college. There's nothing haphazard about it. No one at Rice is enduring hotels or overcrowded dorms. Some years ago, the school decided it wanted to be a little bigger and planned accordingly. They certainly have the endowment for it. [/quote]

This is how you do it. I realize not every university has the space to pull this off, but turning doubles into triples appears to be the new norm but cramming kids into small spaces together isn’t healthy. 
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[b]There are already so many people in houston.  It's so crowded everywhere and squashing students like sardines will fit right in with the culture.[/b]  The reputation has not caught up with reality.[/quote]

This is just so uninformed. If anything, Houston could benefit from some population density. The city is too spread out. Likewise, the campus does not feel squished at all. Who knows if the expansion of the student body is a good thing for Rice, but this line of reasoning is misguided. [/quote]

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