smerel > apply for separate accreditation
a fair point. Any credential requirements indeed increase monopolization (and possibly quality, of course).
> Anyone seriously considering going to YU knows the difference
this is less convincing: as if we are not really fooling you, as you can see through it. But the above argument is probably the explanation.
Still, a food for thought from one of Rebbes. When, during a public meeting, a chosuve head of a choshuve mosad invited him into a joint effort, he (somewhat) politely declined, saying that he is in full control of his own initiatives and can vouch for them and prefer it to stay that way.