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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unsurprising with the recent issues pertaining to a deficit, but this is still sad to see by an elite liberal arts college with the competitive advantage of an intimate educational setting. Potentially this could affect higher-tier LACs like Amherst, Pomona, or Swarthmore?
Source:[url]https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025/11/save-small-class-sizes[/url][/quote]

Wow. this is not what I expected of a LAC.

"The college proudly boasts our 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio and our average class size of 16 on its website and on every tour. [b]But this has not been reflective of our Middlebury experience for years, and the college announced in the spring that it is raising its target enrollment[/b] to balance its budget."

"[b]Some have been asked to bring their own chairs[/b], cramming into rooms not meant to accommodate so many people. This is an especially prevalent issue in increasingly popular departments, and not enough has been done to resolve the issue."[/quote]

Ugh, who would want only nine students in a class?  Or even 16?  How incredibly dull.[/quote]
If 9 is dull, so will 1000. Adding students doesn’t make a class more exciting- being exciting and having engaged students makes a class exciting.[/quote]

There's a whole middle ground between 9-1000 - where did you even get 1000?  So bizarre.  A perfect class has enough students that you're not staring at the same faces and hearing the same opinions day after day.  For me, the right number of students would be anywhere from 30-50.  [/quote]

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