Are "non-profit colleges and universities" considered the "private sector"?“I think all of us in the private sector applaud the governor for trying to find a way to get more students into college and on to a degree,” said Gary A. Olson, president of Daemen College in Amherst, one of 11 private non-profit colleges and universities in Western New York. “I’m sure that all the intentions are good. But what I’m seeing and he may not be seeing is the unintended consequences.”
I don't really consider any non profit true private sector.