Below the Ivies, it's all about cost

http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/affordability-tops-annual-hopes-and-worries-survey-of-applicants/37727?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

This is confirmed by a new Princeton Review Survey:

http://www.princetonreview.com/college-hopes-worries.aspx


"Dream Colleges" are:

1.  Stanford

2.  Harvard

3.  Columbia

4.  NYU

5.  MIT

6.  Princeton

7.  UCLA

8.  Yale

9.  Michigan

10. Berkley

Meanwhile, lesser lights are announcing faculty layoffs, including Felician College and the College of St. Elizabeth on New Jersey.

http://www.thelayoff.com/fc

http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2014/03/college_of_saint_elizabeth_to_lay_off_17_professors.html