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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3227120, member: 153"] We'll just have to disagree. Your argument is, what's 4% extra kids in the classroom? Whereas there are people employed who live to account for every single one of those bodies. And they don't ever want to run afoul of the student/faculty ratio that keeps them ranked in USNWR. Theoretically you're right. Every faculty member could teach 5 classes of 200+ and still receive the same income. It doesn't really matter (other than the fact you need new classrooms). But where it hurts is the time/labor of the employee and the measurables that allow a school to retain its reputation. There's even another way to look at this. Many schools are talking about REDUCING incoming admissions in order to pump up the reputation scores. This tells you that while your theory may be correct, the reality of it is entirely opposite, and there are plenty of administrators who are employed to precisely to make it so. [/QUOTE]