Construction (at least with public institutions) tends to come from different a completely separate place than general operating budgets. I'd argue that this i

Construction (at least with public institutions) tends to come from different a completely separate place than general operating budgets. I'd argue that this is an issue in of itself (that it's so comparatively easy to spend money in such a manner), but I think from the college's perspective its generally rational, as they aren't allowed the luxury of weighing rebuilding a nine-year-old science lab (as is occurring at my alma mater) against smarter ways to spend that money.