Pitt Talks Move to Private Status from the Pitt News [of the University of Pittsburgh]
Students attending Pitt in the early ’60s experienced a much different University than students encounter today — and not just because of the decade’s cultural climate. For one thing, Pitt was a private university. In the bitter fight between Pennsylvania and the University regarding Pitt’s state funding, University officials threatened the unthinkable: turning Pitt back into a private school."