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The $7-Billion Patch for Campus Maintenance

Now that a multibillion-dollar stimulus bill is moving through Congress in the latest attempt to bail out a faltering economy, the lawmakers and pundits who seemed to be asleep at the wheel over the past decade are suddenly gripped by the virtue of fiscal responsibility. They are criticizing parts of the bill that they find wasteful. Higher-education administrators should beware: This newfound righteousness and ire could soon point their way.