<p>I was one of those students. I wanted my upper-class transfers dorm to offer apartment-style living. I scouted colleges that offered that. However, that left a huge list of colleges to consider. And the few colleges I left off my list aren’t shuttered up or tanking in the US News rankings either.</p>
<p>It’s an arms race for sure.
What I don’t understand is why people refuse to call it that. And very few (alumni, governments, etc. and certainly not lowly prospective or current students) that hold some leverage over colleges and their administrators are not taking any step to stop it.</p>