MassLive

Harvard drastically shrinks liberal arts doctoral program amid budget pressures

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences doctoral program will continue, but at “significantly reduced levels,” according to a Tuesday letter from its Dean Hopi Hoekstra. “As you may know, a ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard FAS To ‘Significantly’ Reduce Graduate Program Admissions Amid Budget Tightening

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will admit new Ph.D. students “at significantly reduced levels” this year as Harvard shrinks its budgets in response to mounting federal funding pressures, according ...
The Boston Globe

From Harvard to BU to Brown, New England schools are enrolling fewer new PhDs this year. Why?

Casey Grippo thought there was more time. Typically, the philosophy department at Boston University funds PhD candidates for up to seven years. Grippo, who uses they/them pronouns, started PhD ...
Today's Dietitian

Reflecting on the RD Graduate Degree Requirement

Beginning in January of 2024, the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) bumped up the minimum required education level for prospective RDs from a bachelor’s degree to a master’s degree.1 It’s the ...