Will Harvard Continue to Lead the Charge? - Part 88

From the Harvard Crimson: Harvard faculty said they were frustrated with the recent reductions in Ph.D. admission numbers at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, even as some accepted the cuts as a difficult but necessary step to shore up the school’s precarious finances... “Seventy-five percent cuts are savage — are massive and savage — and seem disproportionate to any other cutting,” former University President Lawrence H. Summers said last week. “I hope that with incremental funding, exception processes, or other means, that they will not materialize.”

Others expressed less outright opposition to the reductions. While the cuts would severely impact teaching and scholarly research at Harvard, they said, the move was needed to address the budgetary challenges facing the FAS. “Of course I am sad about the cut but I am glad that we are moving towards financial sustainability and I understand that the pain needs to be spread around,” Economics professor Edward L. Glaeser wrote in a statement to The Crimson.

FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced late last month that the school would shrink the number of seats it offers to new Ph.D. admits for the next two years. The reductions amounted to 75 percent in the Science division, approximately 60 percent in the Arts & Humanities division, and at least 50 percent in the Social Science division...

Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/7/faculty-grad-admission-cuts/.