>Why can’t Harvard teach the entire country? I worked at an ivy league college and asked my boss (who now happens to run the college) why the college didn't ex

>Why can’t Harvard teach the entire country? I worked at an ivy league college and asked my boss (who now happens to run the college) why the college didn't expand since there was so much demand. He said those the college rejected could go to other schools, this college was only for the best of the best. (And of course the children of alumni donators.) Over time I've realized that college exclusivity works exactly like image management for a pop star. You start by controlling where your image is available, sue those who use your image without permission, set up a press release outlet, create press packages. It is basically perception management. Being exclusive by rejecting most applicants and not expanding to teach more students is part of the perception management. It is a lot like the artificial scarcity of diamonds.