the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
I live near the Carnegie museums, and the campuses of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh. Between slashed research & humanities funding and the loss of international students, the universities and local economy are in for a world of hurt.
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Squirrel Hill is one of the coolest, most culturally rich city neighborhoods in the nation. This will be socially devastating.