Huh? The inflation rate between 2005 and 2016 is 1.90% IOW, $1 in the year 2005 is worth $1.23 in 2016.
http://www.in2013dollars.com/2005-dollars-in-2016?amount=1
Hamiton’s science center cost ~$53, 000,000 ten years a ago. The science center would cost ~$65,000,000 to construct today. Vassar spent double that. I consider that ‘creating value’.
Regardless, students can get an excellent science education at many LACs