Yale Set For Biggest Expansion in 40 Years

The bell tower looming over a bustling seven-acre construction site here on Prospect Street signals a major development for Yale University: the imminent debut of its first new residential colleges in a half-century.  When Franklin and Murray colleges open in August, they will raise the capacity of incoming classes 15 percent, to about 1,550 seats a year. That will enable Yale’s undergraduate enrollment to grow from about 5,400 now to 6,200 over the next four years.