By the time they're older, nore secure in their position and able to concentrate on teaching and research at a single school, they're separated from the students by a generation gap. Waseda alumni also monopolize the media, occupying important positions al the Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun and the government-owned broadcasting network NHK.
早大本有意要買下日本大學的醫學部（因醫學院學費高昂，是能「賺錢」的學院之一），據聞已被婉拒。也有人建議早大將目前位於東京鬧區、已經擁擠不堪、難以擴展的校園賣掉，另在郊區重起爐灶。