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The article refers to universities as if that is all she studied, but I think the article was using the term more coloqually. This 2019 article describes the numbers of institutions of higher learning and talks about economic issues they were facing long before covid. U.S. News & World Reports A Guide to the Changing Number of U.S. Universities By Josh Moody, Reporter Feb. 15, 2019 WHEN IT COMES TO determining how many universities are in the U.S., it's a number in flux. The short answer: There were 4,298 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the U.S. as of the 2017-2018 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. . . . Public vs. Private Colleges Of the 4,298 institutions listed by NCES, there were 1,626 public colleges, 1,687 private nonprofit schools and 985 for-profit schools in fall 2017. The data divide the institutions into categories such as four-year colleges and universities and two-year schools, often known as community colleges. Certainally the flagship campuses of each state's university is safe as they would not close them first. I suspect smaller colleges will have the hardest time surviving. Other schools will downsize had some satellite campuses will be closed. Overall, this is probably a good thing. Maine has already seen one small school put its campus up for sale.