Alaska's governor proposes a 41 percent cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system. State's only medical education would be eliminated.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/18/alaska-governor-proposes-41-percent-cut-higher-ed
An educated populace is not desirable in the Trump era, they might actually show empathy for others or hold people accountable for their actions - the horror...
"Dunleavy budget plan would ‘gut’ University of Alaska system and force big cutbacks for public schools, educators say"
https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2019/02/13/university-of-alaska-president-says-dunleavy-cut-would-gut-state-college-system/