<p>It seems to me that you can’t inflate a small LAC to 5-6000 students without losing the character of a small LAC. Conversely you can compact a large university into a small university and retain many of the positives that a large university offers. That’s what makes schools like Dartmouth, Princeton, Brown appealing. They offer a lot, but not the intimate and insular environment of a small LAC. </p>
<p>I’m not making a judgement, just pointing out than an LAC of 5000+ is a contradiction in terms.</p>