The most common causes of controlling behavior in a spouse are the result of modeling after a controlling parent or of a narcissistic personality. Another reason is a stressful and traumatic childhood and adolescence as a result of having an addicted, extremely angry or narcissistic parent.
In round numbers, the ownership breaks down like this(1): 1  The Federal government owns about 200, including military hospitals and veterans hospitals. 2  State and local governments own about 1,000. 3  Another 1,000 are owned by for-profit companies.  The remaining 3,000 are owned by not-for-profit organizations.
Americaâs top schools, such as Yale, are the envy of the world, but too many colleges have costs that are spiraling out of control and are seeing their quality declining. Today, there are some 5,300 colleges and universities in the United States, everything from beauty schools to Harvard. Though we often refer to them collectively as âthe American higher-education system,â itâs far from an organized system. In essence, they operate as 5,300 little fiefdoms.