University of Virginia Library

A Look At Expansion

problem also comes to mind.
Certainly we can make do with
peripheral lots and extensive
building, supplemented
hopefully by close-in parking
garages, but these facilities will
be expensive, and the costs
ultimately will be shouldered
by the University, not by its
faculty and staff. And more
important, we see here an
instance of failure to maintain
quality. I know that I will
experience a loss of real
income when I can no longer
park in the Rouss Hall parking
lot. It would be easy to
multiply examples but time is
short.

Perhaps the biggest cost,
and one that I think has not
been discussed sufficiently, is
what might be called the
"Berkeley syndrome." I think
it was not accidental that the
major confrontations on the
nation's campuses in recent
years occurred at our larger
universities. Alienation is
virtually inevitable in large
organizations—both student
alienation and faculty
alienation. And Alienation is
costly in a number of ways.
More effort must be expended
in explaining the goals of the
organization, in forestalling
misunderstandings and
counterproductive behavior;
more police must be hired;
and, of course, many students
will unavoidably depart feeling
that they have not entered into
a meaningful educational
experience during their college
years.