<p>I agree with pamom. If you walk around the UD campus there is a tremendous amount of building going on in addition to that already mentioned. A brand new bookstore will be opening up on 8/1/11. It is my perspective that even for UD to make the list of Universities with endowments of over a billion dollars is quite an accomplishment in itself. There are many prestigious universities not on that list. If you look at the list of the 47 (I believe) universites on the list I would wager to bet that most college applicants would give their eye teeth just to be accepted by most of them. In addition, only about 14 of them are public universities, and most of these are big-time college sports (football/basketball) universities which tend to amass a lot of contributions as a result of this. Except for Richmond I believe that UD is the smallest of the public schools. Delaware is also one of the smallest states in the nation. I certainly did not enjoy the yearly increases I had to pay while my D was at UD for 4 years but at least I felt that UD was going to use the money to benefit the students/ programs at UD and thereby foster the growth of the quality and reputation of the school.</p>