BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
www.insidehighered.com BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.
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@fossilesque so a fair compensation for work (=research if you are a PhD candidate) is too expensive for BU, they claim. (Raises the question: what do their professors earn? Will they stay if they cannot take on PhD candidates?)