The title manages to understate this significantly:
>The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.
>The scale of reductions in the Social Science division was not immediately clear, though several departments in the division experienced decreases over the coming two years ranging from 50 percent to 70 percent.
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>Departments that would only have one new Ph.D. seat after accounting for the percentage reductions will not be allowed to admit any students, according to a faculty member with knowledge of the matter, who added that there might be some narrow exceptions.
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>Hoekstra also wrote in her message that the FAS decided to continue admitting Ph.D. students only “after careful deliberation.” She noted that many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers.
>“To balance both our academic and fiscal responsibilities, cohort sizes will be significantly reduced over the next two years as we evaluate the future model for Ph.D. education in the FAS,” Hoekstra wrote.
JFC. What a terrible blow to academia. I get academia has a very bad rap but it is good to have people being paid to pursue knowledge and advance understanding of our world.
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The title manages to understate this significantly:
>The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.
>The scale of reductions in the Social Science division was not immediately clear, though several departments in the division experienced decreases over the coming two years ranging from 50 percent to 70 percent.
>[…]
>Departments that would only have one new Ph.D. seat after accounting for the percentage reductions will not be allowed to admit any students, according to a faculty member with knowledge of the matter, who added that there might be some narrow exceptions.
>[…]
>Hoekstra also wrote in her message that the FAS decided to continue admitting Ph.D. students only “after careful deliberation.” She noted that many peer institutions paused Ph.D. admissions altogether, suggesting the FAS may have considered a complete halt in line with its peers.
>“To balance both our academic and fiscal responsibilities, cohort sizes will be significantly reduced over the next two years as we evaluate the future model for Ph.D. education in the FAS,” Hoekstra wrote.
JFC. What a terrible blow to academia. I get academia has a very bad rap but it is good to have people being paid to pursue knowledge and advance understanding of our world.