On top of that, it seems like more schools are trying to do/increase graduate education and research. In principle, this helps two ways. It increases the prest

On top of that, it seems like more schools are trying to do/increase graduate education and research. In principle, this helps two ways. It increases the prestige of the school, thereby attracting students. More directly, it brings in new revenue streams, both from tuition (paid directly or via federal training grants) and via overhead on research grants. However, it requires more--and fundamentally different--kinds of admin.