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That's a weird thing to say since many small and rather well regarded private schools stay small on purpose.

For example, do you really think Dartmouth is failing?

Yeah, the parent comment here should have been thinking Dartmouth rather than about one of the UCs for their model school. This was Caltech.

Well, as a fellow alum, I can tell you they definitely screwed up the last two points (esp ITAR) within living memory.

Yeah, the list I provided there were areas where Caltech grew significantly. I wasn't sure if other schools were the same.