Long considered the pinnacle of academic achievement, the PhD is now facing strong headwinds, including reduced federal support for jobs, research and graduate training.
First-year biomedical graduate students across the country said labs have been hesitant to take them in due to a tenuous funding environment ...
The Columbian College of Arts & Sciences will cut doctoral packages by about 7 percent next year, shrinking cohorts in 13 programs and pausing admissions in five.
Forbes reports that reduced federal support for university research and graduate training under President Donald Trump’s administration has contributed to widespread uncertainty across higher educatio ...
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a new cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program for the 2025-2026 admissions cycle, citing major disruptions to research ...
Amid ongoing federal budget cuts, many US universities have been forced to scale back or freeze PhD admissions. The impact of these reductions is already being felt by students, early-career ...
With federal research funding imperiled by brutal cuts under the Trump administration, biomedical graduate programs nationwide are making tough decisions that will scale back the next generation of ...