[anamax]

> Do the top schools really need Olympic sized swimming pools, or gyms that would require a $100 a month membership in any big city?

I'd guess that students are less likely to use their college gym than members are to use their gym. If I'm correct, the per-student cost of a college gym may be in the noise.

[hs]

if this continues, 'college dropout' will be replaced by 'high school graduate' -- simply because s/he takes high ed as cost-saving bootstrap strategy