Totally possible for education polarization to decimate elite public universities in purple or red states like UW-Madison. Would be an incredible own goal - these institutions are economic engines for whole regions and create all kinds of knowledge & human capital spillovers.
I really hope this is true but it's one paper, p=.02 with largest outcome added after preregistration, main result uses a post hoc combination of measures, and acknowledged sensitivity of results to differences between groups. Let's wait and see.
Universities have
-faculty/staff who are NOT boosted 18-22s w/no health risks
-part of communities that include many people are NOT boosted 18-22s with no health risks
(Also lots of students aren't boosted - new policies just starting.)
I find bizarre the way liberals on this bird site deny/downplay that Ds have moved left politically - echoes of denials that many elite institutions have moved left on race. These are just obviously true statements. We can argue about magnitudes or effects but denial is strange.