Way to generalize. The points mentioned in this article do not apply to the top tier colleges at all. Consider Harvard, or MIT, or Caltech. These colleges have no problem with cost. The suggestions mentioned in the article will needlessly weigh down these institutions. In return for "protecting" the lowest common denominator who have trouble even with graduating from a 4-yr institutions, we will sacrifice the competitiveness of these top thinkers of our time. Historically, never a good trade off.