Private universities spend twice as much as publics on teaching
Private research universities spent twice as much as their public counterparts to teach each student in the 2007-2008 school year, widening a cost gap that can make private colleges unaffordable to students without financial aid.
Private donations to US colleges and universities dropped a sharp 11.9% in the recessionary year of 2009 from the previous year to $27.85 billion, according to the Voluntary Support of Education Survey released this week by the Council for Aid to Education.