[82lsju]

“In the last fifty years, everything at Stanford has grown… but not the number of undergraduate students,” Levin said. “Some growth is overdue, and it’s possible without changing the fundamental character of the education we provide.” 

Finally someone in "power" states the obvious. I don't think Stanford should (or ever could) aspire to admit an ASU size freshman class, but Stanford's failure to grow proportionally its undergraduate population is IMO clear malfeasance. It is well past time to rectify that.

Well past time indeed, says this article...from 2007. The points will look familiar.

Should Stanford Expand the Freshman Class? | STANFORD magazine

from the article

Amid this rising tide of achievement, the size of our undergraduate population has remained nearly level for more than 35 years. In 1970, the undergraduate class size was 6,221; in 1980 it was 6,630; last year it was 6,689.

so in 2007 the undergrad enrollment was 6,689 and last fall it was 7,554 or up 13%.....

https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/und...e-profile/

if it goes up by 600 (150/year) that would be another ~8% increase

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I’ve always read housing is needed for increased undergrad enrollment.  Not true now??

well way back when you were "guaranteed" on campus housing for three of four years, now I believe it is all four years.  Adding 600 beds could be done by either adding a dorm or two (expensive and not likely allowed due to development restrictions), buying more "near campus" apartments for housing, adding some beds to existing rooms (e.g., make some doubles into triple), not guaranteeing on-campus housing for all four years, or converting some grad student housing to undergrads and finding new options (maybe those off campus apartments) for grad students

[82lsju]

“In the last fifty years, everything at Stanford has grown… but not the number of undergraduate students,” Levin said. “Some growth is overdue, and it’s possible without changing the fundamental character of the education we provide.” 

Finally someone in "power" states the obvious. I don't think Stanford should (or ever could) aspire to admit an ASU size freshman class, but Stanford's failure to grow proportionally its undergraduate population is IMO clear malfeasance. It is well past time to rectify that.

Well past time indeed, says this article...from 2007. The points will look familiar.

Should Stanford Expand the Freshman Class? | STANFORD magazine

from the article

Amid this rising tide of achievement, the size of our undergraduate population has remained nearly level for more than 35 years. In 1970, the undergraduate class size was 6,221; in 1980 it was 6,630; last year it was 6,689.

so in 2007 the undergrad enrollment was 6,689 and last fall it was 7,554 or up 13%.....

https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/und...e-profile/

if it goes up by 600 (150/year) that would be another ~8% increase

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I’ve always read housing is needed for increased undergrad enrollment.  Not true now??

well way back when you were "guaranteed" on campus housing for three of four years, now I believe it is all four years.  Adding 600 beds could be done by either adding a dorm or two (expensive and not likely allowed due to development restrictions), buying more "near campus" apartments for housing, adding some beds to existing rooms (e.g., make some doubles into triple), not guaranteeing on-campus housing for all four years, or converting some grad student housing to undergrads and finding new options (maybe those off campus apartments) for grad students