1.   It is a private university, heavily dependent on a vast endowment created by private donations and increased by shrewd investment.

2.   Tuition at private universities has become astronomical.

3.   Tuition estimates for community colleges and private universities were also thousands of dollars off the Mark.

4.   The newest university, at Buckingham, is the only one to receive no support from public funds -- it is the only wholly private university.

5.   Meanwhile Baroness Thatcher has become Chancellor of the private university at Buckingham and hands out her own honorary degrees.

6.   Amaker sees Seton Hall, a private Catholic university with tough academic standards, as similar to Duke, a private university with stringent academic requirements.

7.   Although efforts to organize graduate assistants in private universities have been slow, unionization at public universities has increased in recent years.

8.   Aside from budget cuts at public institutions, a sluggish stock market would dry up donations to private universities and shrink endowment income.

9.   At small liberal arts colleges and at private universities, it is still virtually unheard of for a student to turn down the society.

10.   Benefits may also be transferred to qualified in-state private universities or qualified out-of-state colleges and universities.