Harvard raises $50 million to fund new PhD fellowships after sharp admissions cuts

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has raised $50 million from donors to create new PhD fellowships, ...
Yahoo

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Harvard Slashes Admissions for Ph.D. Candidates

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Harvard University plans to drastically reduce the number of Ph.D. students it admits in the next two ...

Hard Times Have Come For The PhD Degree

Long considered the pinnacle of academic achievement, the PhD is now facing strong headwinds, including reduced federal support for jobs, research and graduate training.
The Harvard Crimson

At Harvard, Grad Student Parents Navigate a Patchwork of Programs To Keep Up With Costs

When second-year Harvard Biophysics Ph.D. student Juan Carlos Fernandez del Castillo ’20 began searching for child care for his toddler, he was shocked to discover that tuition at one Cambridge ...
Becker's Hospital Review

PhD programs shrink amid federal spending cuts

Doctor of Philosophy programs are constricting across the U.S. as the federal government slashes institutional research funding, Nature reported Oct. 21. The last seven months have seen sweeping ...