61.   Private colleges have generally tried to right that wrong.

62.   Private colleges think they already are slighted because they educate thousands of students who would otherwise be a burden to state universities.

63.   Private colleges are relying on endowment income and gifts to offer more generous financial aid packages to students.

64.   Private colleges need not offer the same protections for speech and academic freedom, but many of them do.

65.   Rather than urging that such instruction be shifted to private companies and private colleges, as the mayor has advocated, the report called for experiments to stimulate competition.

66.   Private college.

67.   Private colleges and universities have generally had more freedom to change their prices and to offer adjustable prices through scholarships and other financial aid.

68.   Private colleges have tried to fight this competition by channeling large sums of money into their financial aid programs.

69.   Rising competition for enrollment among small private colleges, meanwhile, has led to widespread discounting from the listed price.

70.   She said she was excited about next year, when she will be attending a prestigious private college in New England.