1.   Analysts say this trend is even more remarkable because public universities run open admission policies and do not charge tuition.

2.   The freeway booms and public university booms are over.

3.   Traditionally, public university degrees have carried far greater social prestige.

4.   I applied to several public universities.

5.   Along with a service academy, Clinton speaks at one private college and one public university.

6.   Although many public universities, like the University of California at Berkeley, set high admissions standards, most offer remedial courses, particularly in English and math.

7.   Although public support is becoming a smaller share of total revenues at many public universities, no one expects private money to substitute completely for public money anytime soon.

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

9.   And after World War II, aided by the GI Bill and the expansion of public universities, Americans went to college in droves.

10.   And scientists at public universities are increasingly turning to drug companies, biotech firms, medical device makers and other private corporations for that money.