Is it really either or?  (BTW, I don&#x27;t find your question objectionable - I disagree, but it doesn&#x27;t bother me at all that you asked it).<p>For instance, across the bay from Stanford, there&#x27;s a large state supported research university that probably has just a few more top-10 and top-5 PhD programs than Stanford (or Harvard, for that matter).  It has a much higher percentage of low income students, and because it also enrolls a much larger undergraduate population, it enrolls more low income students (including more students who are the first in their families to ever attend college) than the entire ivy league combined.<p>Why not give 300 mil to that school?  You wouldn&#x27;t be &quot;swelling the middle&quot;, these are talented students, but you would be supporting more low income students.