<p>Harvard University at Providence?</p>
<p>Or, Harvard University, Cambridge and Harvard University, Providence. Satellite campuses for the University as Harvard swallows other Ivy League schools. Watch out for Harvard University, New Haven.</p>
<p>That's a scary thought....</p>
<p>Personally, I think a warm-weather satellite campus would make more sense; perhaps a Rice or a Duke would make a good fit at an affordable price. Both are already known as the "Harvard of the Southwest" and the "Harvard of the South" respectively.</p>
<p>Better yet, Byerly: Harvard University, Palo Alto. Harvard can reap the benefits of being adjacent to the Silicon Valley and the moderate temperatures year-round.</p>
<p>Or one could just go to a warm-weather school and skip out on the blizzards entirely.</p>
<p>Oh, with the way Stanford's finances are looking these days, Stanford Unversity, Cambridge seems more likely. Google might make the acquisition on behalf of the California Colossus.</p>
<p>I'm not sure Stanford would be a good investment; temporarily overvalued due to the Google stock; and the setting doesn't seem conducive to intellectual rigor. What's the term??? Oh, yes: "laid back"?</p>
<p>I'd view Duke as a better buy at the moment, what with the USNews drop and the lax scandal depressing the price. </p>
<p>Besides, Harvard already has substantial market penetration in California, where population growth is slowing.</p>
<p>Acquiring a stronger presence in the fast-growing South, on the other hand, would be a wise use of the Harvard endowment surplus.</p>
<p>At the very least, satellite campuses for the Extension School should be set up all around--Durham, Houston, Providence, New Haven, Palo Alto, etc. After all, I think the Extension School may match most closely the kind of education the schools mentioned already provide.</p>
<p>You are right that the sky is the limit for the HES. As long as they can match or beat the University of Phoenix on price (which they can) then the growth potential is formidable. Getting a low cost online degree from <strong><em>Harvard</em></strong> will be a powerful lure once more people learn how easy it is to obtain.</p>
<p>The beauty of the concept is that the marginal profit soars exponentially as enrollment increases while core expenses remain reasonable! I wager the Hillary Duff story was worth mega-millions to the HES.</p>
<p>this is a joke?</p>
<p>A <em>joke</em> ??? Why do you say that? Just because it was in the April 1 edition of the Brown Daily Herald?</p>
<p>ohhh hahah and i guess this is why i am NOT at harvard</p>
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<p>Merging the Ivy colleges into one vast university has, some say, actually been proposed before, though 'twas to be under the aegis of Columbia rather than Harvard. I reference the following debate:</p>
<p>I'm sure Harvard students would love it if Stanford acquired Harvard and they could study in Palo Alto. The facebook group membership for "Harvard Students for the Relocation of Harvard in California" or whatever is large. </p>
<p>And then Stanford students could study at Harvard and discover why, exactly, they came to Stanford in the first place, and flee back to the West Coast/Best Coast with sandals and t-shirts in tow.</p>
<p>It can get absurdly hot in Palo Alto. I find it hard to believe anyone can really learn under such conditions. Not to mention the stultifying lack of variation. California weather? Bah, California has one season: boring.</p>
<p>The oft-frigid northeastern air keeps one's mind fresh and one's inclinations away from lawn-lounging. Just another reason why Stanford will never completely triumph over the Ivy League...</p>
<p>I thought this letter was published on April 19, not April Fools?</p>
<p>Well the difference is that we don't need to drink in order to "stay warm" during the frigid winters--we'd rather play volleyball in the oval!</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe that people get a lot of studying done in Palo Alto, but for completely different reasons. It always just looks so nice there...</p>
<p>When does it get "absurdly hot" in Palo Alto? I live there. The summers are more mild than those on the east coast overall. Sure, we do get a few really hot days...</p>