I think the bigger issue, IMHO, is that the US population has grown massively, and we are also attracting way more [wealthy] overseas students, yet the number o

I think the bigger issue, IMHO, is that the US population has grown massively, and we are also attracting way more [wealthy] overseas students, yet the number of "prestigious" universities hasn't growth accordingly. Naturally there is huge tension. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_United_States#Historical_Census_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_the_Uni... Prestigious is opinion, of course, but Ivy / Ivy+ / Seven-Sisters / whatever your definition of desirable college might me, I dont think that list has grown as much as population. So we need to grow seats+faculties or we need to foster more colleges to attract the increased population. EDIT: I myself went to UC Berkeley for grad school, and Cornell for undergrad. I can already see that my children, who would be applying ~2031-2033 would have a way more difficult time getting into the same institutions, given ever-increasing applications and ever lower acceptance rates. I hope there are many more universities we can select from in 2031...or I hope my startup takes off and i'm rich, which would probably solve the problem per my understanding of how these things work...