Everyone votes with their money. There will be other options available to the students. Students should be the ones making the choice of where to live based on the things they value. If the project is significantly cheaper and in practice there is not so much difference, some students might graduate with equal results to others with windows but with less debt to repay given the savings in accomodation.

Not if they don't want to. They can go to another university, or they can find their own accommodation.

> The issue is that 4500 students will also have to pay for it

It seems they will pay less for it.

Are you sure we're both talking about the AMERICAN university system here?

This building is cheaper than other dorms in terms of students per dollar invested. I hope that would result in lower room and board fees.