<p>alicejohnson:</p>
<p>That’s fine, except being a niche school was never in UChicago’s educational mission - it’s goal was to produce great research, and it didn’t limit itself to particular fields (as opposed to, say, MIT and CalTech). MIT’s mission, for example, specifically points to education in science and technology:</p>
<p>[MIT</a> ? About](<a href=“About MIT | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology”>About MIT | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</p>
<p>UChicago’s mission is much broader.</p>