Certain most students would benefit. That much is obvious. But would the institution and the country benefit? Would the other students going there benefit? All

Certain most students would benefit. That much is obvious. But would the institution and the country benefit? Would the other students going there benefit? All of the smartest people I know went to prestigious institutions. The learning taking place there has never been the big draw; it's the student body and associated ecosystem of alumni, corporations, faculty, etc. You can learn anything by yourself off YouTube but you can't meet a large body of very intelligent people anywhere other than a prestigious college. The level of ambition, drive, and intelligence is incomparable to any corporation short of probably DeepMind or an early stage startup.