<p>[Creating</a> a Novel Experience - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/article/Creating-a-Novel-Experience/130222/]Creating”>http://chronicle.com/article/Creating-a-Novel-Experience/130222/)</p>
<p>This occurs at Wofford College (in S.C.), with a freshman class of 400. Although not directly applicable to BS considerations, still there is a valuable point here, that smaller institutions may be able to be more nimble in exposing their entire institution to educational innovations. Worth mulling if you are generally of the bigger is better set.</p>
<p>what a great idea!</p>
<p>But how is this applicable to BS? Wofford College has 1495 students with a faculty/student ratio of 1:11, run on an endowment of $138 million. It is A LOT worse off than the largest BS, i.e. Andover and Exeter. With 1000+ students, A/E have teacher/student ratio of 1:5 and an average class size of 13, run on an endowment close to $1 billion. How is their size affecting “their entire institution to educational innovations”? Would schools like AE be better off if they cut their size in half? It’s a debatable matter but I know it would’t be good to applicants who want to attend BS would it? With this kind of demand for quality education from BS, I think other top schools that have the resources should be encouraged to increase their size reasonably so more students can have access.</p>