From the Yale Daily News: The [Yale] Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is considering a plan to reduce graduate enrollment in the humanities and social sciences by 12 percent over the next three years as Yale navigates an increased tax on its endowment returns. Stephen Murphy, the University’s vice president of finance and chief financial officer, presented a slideshow on the endowment tax and the proposed plan to directors of graduate studies across departments during a meeting on Aug. 25, according to professors who attended the meeting.
Jonathan Kramnick, the director of graduate studies for the English language and literature department, recalled the directors were informed about a constriction in cohort size for incoming classes starting in the 2026-27 academic year. “We were told that there will be an across-the-board 12 percent reduction in the total number of students in the humanities and social sciences division of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences that will be implemented over a three-year term,” Kramnick said in a phone interview with the News.
An emailed statement from Yale’s Office of Public Affairs and Communications noted that the plan to reduce GSAS admissions was not finalized. The statement was attributed to Lynn Cooley, the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences who was present at the August meeting. The statement did not confirm or deny the plan’s details, nor did it respond to questions about how reduced enrollment would be implemented and impact Yale...
Full story at https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/09/18/yale-considering-reduction-in-graduate-student-enrollment-professors-say/.
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