Described in a recent New York Times article as an "instant classic," the University of Delaware's stately, new classroom building, Gore Hall, symbolizes UD's victory over infrastructures suffering from deferred maintenance. The building is the latest of 11 new facilities UD has completed since 1990 -- while also conquering crumbling classrooms. As organizations worldwide grapple with the growing problem of aging infrastructures -- a $26 billion problem for the nation's higher-education institutions -- UD will have completed its backlog of deferred maintenance problems by around the turn of the century, while at the same time: building 11 new facilities; boosting University-sponsored support for student scholarships by 227 percent; more than doubling private gifts; and holding the lid on tuition increases. By annually allocating 2 percent of the estimated $1 billion replacement value of property assets to cover renovations, redirecting year-end surpluses, capitalizing upon the private gifts from friends of the University and implementing technologies that have allowed academic budgets to grow approximately three times faster than administrative budgets, UD has overcome its aging infrastructures. The key, UD President David P. Roselle and Executive Vice President David E. Hollowell say, was a thoughtful reallocation of resources, coupled with new technologies for increasing efficiency while eliminating mountains of repetitive paperwork. UD expects to overcome $221.1 million worth of deferred maintenance by 1999 -- with only 18 percent of the total price tag covered by state funds.