Colleges Scrabble for Money to Reduce Huge Maintenance Backlog, Estimated to Exceed $70-Billion; New Federal Help Seen Unlikely.

Grassmuck, Karen

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Colleges Scrabble for Money to Reduce Huge Maintenance Backlog, Estimated to Exceed $70-Billion; New Federal Help Seen Unlikely.

Grassmuck, Karen

Chronicle of Higher Education, v37 n6 pA1,34,37 Oct 10 1990

Catching up with deferred maintenance and improvements at colleges and universities has become a serious problem of time and money, and new federal state, and local safety regulations are increasing costs. Some contend administrators have failed to provide leadership at their own institutions. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Buildings, Costs, Deferred Maintenance, Facility Improvement, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation, Fund Raising, Government Role, Higher Education, Local Government, Public Policy, Safety, School Maintenance, State Government

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