Is Amherst in some kind of financial trouble or is this just speculation that a need-blind and generous FA policy might eventually land it in trouble?
It seems kind of silly to speculate without some evidence, given that only Swat has a higher per student endowment, of all US LACs. http://www.reachhighscholars.org/college_endowments.html
…and i note all of the highest on that list, including the Us, are need-blind and very generous with FA. I’d question why Amherst wasn’t doing what the others with that level of money do, if it didn’t.