11. Will all these new facilities that we are building leave us with less money in the base budget? 12. I've heard that the College just took on a large amount of debt at a variable rate for new facilities. If interest rates soar next year, could the base budget be raided to pay off those loans? Next set of questions (13-17) : How do we set next year's tuition in our budget process? Return to the previous set of questions (7-10): Why can't our endowment solve all our budget problems?