<p>"A carefully integrated strategic plan featuring CAS and Engineering could be the catapult to accelerate the rise...and why not; all of the ingredients are present? Next perhaps the powerful future potential of Life Sciences, Weill Cornell would be tapped...and so on...etc."</p>
<p>but wouldn't pouring support into only CAS and Engineering run into Ezra Cornell's motto of "any person, any study?" Part of the reason Cornell is unique is because of the strengh of its programs beyond just CAS and Engr. The variety of programs offered is something a school like harvard simply cannot match.</p>