You would think that the Ivy/PL are not a part of this cohort, but having lived through the Lafayette-to-DIII rumors in the past, I wish I could say it's zero chance. I think there is definitely a chance.
You would think the enormous Ivy endowments (and most PL endowments aren't terribly far behind) would insulate them more from these shenanigans, but I'm trying to find out more. My impression is the schools with huge hospital networks are the most at risk (think Penn Medical center, state schools like Maine where the University is the top Healthcare provider in the state, etc.). However Lehigh has a College of Health that seems like it could be affected, etc. Georgetown and Villanova have large medical presences, etc.
I also wonder about Colleges vs. Universities. On the surface it looks like colleges wouldn't be affected as badly - after all, Lafayette doesn't have a graduate medical research center with NIH funding - and rich colleges in particular seem like they would be in the best situation of all. But I need to look into it more.
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