From the Yale Daily News: ...Administrators recently revealed a three-year plan to reduce enrollment in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by about 13 percent in the humanities and social sciences and by about 5 percent in STEM programs. The measure came as the University tightens its budget in anticipation of an upcoming increase in its federal endowment tax under President Donald Trump’s signature legislative achievement...
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Lynn Cooley wrote in a statement provided to the News by a Yale spokesperson that the “modest” enrollment reductions are a response to a smaller graduate school budget, 93 percent of which goes to student support. She added that administrators consulted with leaders of each department, as well as a faculty working group, about the reductions...
Cooley wrote that the difference between enrollment cuts in STEM programs and those in the humanities and social sciences reflects the fields’ different sources of funding. While students in the humanities and social sciences receive funding drawn from the endowment investment returns, Cooley wrote, STEM students receive funds from both the endowment and external grants and fellowships...
Full story at https://yaledailynews.com/articles/graduate-students-say-enrollment-cuts-risk-hurting-culture-teaching.
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