21.   But the majority will pay thousands in tuition and room and board, a bonanza for private colleges that need tuition to stay open.

22.   But to gain support from moderates in both parties, Riggs modified it on Wednesday to exempt private colleges and universities and tribally-run colleges on Indian reservations.

23.   Civil libertarians are irate at what they describe as an increasing willingness at private colleges to discriminate against evangelical Christians.

24.   Creates online applications for consortia of private colleges or multicampus universities in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas and Wisconsin.

25.   Currently, most private colleges count all family assets as part of their financial aid calculations.

26.   Eddy also wrote studies that compared private colleges in Pennsylvania in terms of quality, costs and faculty appointments.

27.   Even private colleges are feeling the rising tide.

28.   Financial aid experts said the program was likely to become a model for other expensive private colleges.

29.   For the new trustees, it is another example of how they are trying to help campuses become more competitive with private colleges and with one another.

30.   For this is Cooper Union, a specialized college of art, architecture and engineering -- and the only private American college of its caliber that charges no tuition.